[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 30, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PRENATAL NONDISCRIMINATION ACT

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today, the House of Representatives will 
consider the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, a bill to ban the practice 
of sex-selection abortions.
  If you talk to most expectant couples, you'll hear a common refrain: 
we don't care whether it's a boy or a girl; we just want a healthy 
baby. In fact, even with advanced ultrasound technology, many parents 
choose to wait until birth to discover the sex of their child. 
Unfortunately, there are exceptions. Some couples will do anything to 
choose the sex of their child. In the majority of these cases, boys are 
favored and girls are aborted.
  I know most Americans think this is something that happens overseas 
in places like China and India. However, a Columbia University study 
found evidence that sex selection at the prenatal level is happening 
right here in the United States.
  Just yesterday, the group Live Action released undercover video of a 
Planned Parenthood clinic in Austin, Texas, counseling a woman on how 
to choose the sex of her child. We shouldn't wait any longer to ban 
this barbaric and socially unhealthy practice. It's time to pass the 
bill.

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