[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 73 (Thursday, May 15, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H4171]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT

  (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, a bill called the Unborn Victims 
of Violence Act has come before this Congress, and it simply seeks to 
protect unborn children from those who would inflict violence upon them 
against the will of their mother.
  Mr. Speaker, as Americans, there is nothing in this world that we 
love more than our children. Indeed, one of the great founding 
principles of this Nation is the God-given duty to protect the innocent 
and the oppressed and the helpless, especially while they are still 
little children. Yet we have made no statutorial provision on the 
Federal level to protect unborn children from brutal acts of violence.
  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, in spite of what the pro-abortion groups 
may say, this bill does not protect those unborn children that may be 
subjected to the violence of elective abortion. But, Mr. Speaker, 
perhaps if we can find the humanity to protect expectant mothers and 
even a few of those, our defenseless little brothers and sisters today, 
perhaps tomorrow we can find the compassion and the courage to protect 
them all.

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