[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT

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                               speech of

                           HON. BOB GOODLATTE

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 31, 2012

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3803 would prevent abortions of 
unborn children who are more than 20 weeks after fertilization--the age 
at which scientific evidence shows that they can feel great pain.
  This bill will prevent brutal, late term abortion procedures, 
including one in which unborn children are mutilated and dismembered 
while they are still alive. Only the most calloused among us can hear 
the description of these types of procedures and not react with 
disgust.
  I strongly believe that life begins at conception, and that we should 
protect the lives of innocent unborn children. I wish this bill went 
even further, but the absolute least we can do is ban abortion when we 
know the unborn children experience great pain. I urge support of this 
important legislation.

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