[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 12 (Monday, January 22, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    34TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, anniversaries are commonly recognized as a 
cause for celebration. Yet today the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade is 
no cause for celebration. While I am inspired by the thousands of 
citizens who came to Washington to march for life, I am truly 
disheartened by those who celebrate this ``anniversary,'' a date which 
marks an overactive judiciary allowing the destruction of human life.
  This judicial opinion's 34th anniversary marks the Federal 
judiciary's usurpation of the Republic's right to set social and moral 
policy through the electoral process. Moreover, the science behind the 
opinion is outdated and should, at the very least, be reevaluated in 
light of new advancements in science over the last 34 years.
  Many legal scholars see the finding in Roe v. Wade as nothing more 
than judicial activism, a poorly written opinion lacking logic and the 
strict interpretation of the Constitution in rendering said opinion.
  The real legacy of Roe v. Wade is a culture war that will likely 
continue through many of the opinion's anniversaries yet to come.
  Mr. Speaker, today is no cause for celebration. It is yet another 
example of judges legislating from the bench. Human life is a gift from 
God, and we all should cherish and protect it.

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