[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 23, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H1011-H1012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             MARCH FOR LIFE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last Friday, more than 
100,000 Americans came to Washington for the 46th annual March for 
Life. This year's theme was ``Unique from Day One.''
  Those who march envision a world where the beauty, dignity, and 
uniqueness of every human life are valued and protected.
  Thanks to the pro-life movement, abortion rates across the country 
are at the lowest since 2013. Proudly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
remains one of the top protective States in the Nation to provide legal 
protections for human life from conception to natural death, according 
to the Americans United for Life.
  Many of my colleagues have introduced legislation in this Congress to 
advance the pro-life cause and to protect the unborn. I am proud to 
cosponsor many of these bills, including the Defund Planned Parenthood 
Act, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, the Sanctity of Human 
Life Act, the Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act, and the 
Life at Conception Act.
  Mr. Speaker, we must always be a voice for the voiceless, and we must 
continue to build a culture that values

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life and respects mothers and their children, both born and yet to be 
born.

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