[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E489]
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                    INTRODUCING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 15, 2011

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 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.
  Mr. 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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