[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. Messer. Madam Speaker, next week, our Nation will mark 41 years 
since the Supreme Court legalized abortion with the ROE v. WADE 
decision. During that time, more than 50 million children have been 
denied their God-given right to life.
  Think about that.
  How different might our world have been had those children been born? 
One might have cured cancer or have been the teacher for your son or 
daughter. We will never know, but we do know they all matter. They all 
matter to their Creator. They all would have mattered to their friends 
and families.
  As a Nation, we must recommit ourselves to defending the God-given 
right to life so we are not still wondering what might have been 40 
years from now.

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