[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  INTRODUCING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE ACT

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 20, 2009

  Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the Sanctity of Life 
Act. This legislation provides that the federal courts of the United 
States, up to and including the Supreme Court, do not have jurisdiction 
to hear abortion-related cases. Since the Supreme Court invented a 
``right'' to abortion in Roe v. Wade, federal judges have repeatedly 
thwarted efforts by democratically elected officials at the state and 
local level to protect the unborn.
  However, the federal courts have no legitimate authority to tell 
states and local communities what restrictions can and cannot be placed 
on abortion. Even some intellectually honest supporters of legalized 
abortion acknowledge that Roe v. Wade was incorrectly decided. Congress 
must use the authority granted to it in Article 3, Section 1 of the 
Constitution to rein in rogue federal judges from interfering with a 
state's ability to protect unborn life.
  Madam Speaker, it is my hope that my colleagues will join me in 
support of using the power granted to the Congress by the Constitution 
to protect the ability of individual states and the people to restore 
respect for the sanctity of human life.

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