[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 138 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H9135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            IN SUPPORT OF THE BAN ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP OF UTAH. Mr. Speaker, often times we do things that are 
popular in America, but wrong. Today, we are going to do something that 
is popular with the majority of Americans, but very right.
  H.R. 760 does not overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling, but it eliminates 
a heinous process that was never intended to be protected in the 
original judgment. When the Supreme Court bypassed the legislative 
process to make abortions legal 30 years ago, the legislative voice 
opposing abortion, was never heard. Thus the ruling laid the foundation 
for the outrage and protest we have today. The people were not allowed 
to be heard through their elected Representatives.
  Many judges who today uphold the Roe v. Wade ruling today, oppose the 
procedure by which it became reality. By approving the conference 
report on the partial-birth abortion ban today, we will be enacting 
legislation the correct way. Both Chambers of Congress will have 
debated and spoken on this bill, and now the President will have the 
same opportunity.
  The partial-birth abortion ban will be a good law, a righteous law, 
and it will be enacted the right way. I support this legislation 
because it protects the most important minority in America: those who 
cannot speak for themselves. I urge my colleagues to do the same.

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