[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 134 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PLANNED PARENTHOOD

  (Mr. PEARCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, a nation, like an individual, is judged by 
the way it speaks for those who can't speak for themselves and by the 
way it treats those without total capacities.
  It is in this regard that our Founders brought this Nation together 
with the core principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of 
happiness--life being the first of those.
  It is a constitutional requirement that I think that we have to speak 
for the unborn. When we see the atrocities in the videos, the 
callousness of the organization that is trafficking in body parts from 
dead babies, we should react in horror and remove the funding for that.
  The greatest argument the other side puts up is that they provide 
women other services. This chart shows the Planned Parenthood locations 
in New Mexico versus those providing other services. We simply seek to 
move the funding from them to here.
  The coverage from our State is much broader and much better and would 
be a voice for those unborn who can't scream out for their own sake.

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