[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 29 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2006-H2007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PROTECT THE RIGHT TO LIFE

  (Mr. BANKS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BANKS. Mr. Speaker, like so many others, I have been deeply 
disturbed by the news out of the New York and Virginia State 
Legislatures, where infanticide is being legalized.
  Today I rise in strong support of H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion 
Survivors Protection Act.
  Mr. Speaker, a child born alive after a failed abortion is a living 
being just like any other baby born prematurely. Ending any life at 24 
weeks or as a newborn is murder.
  The law just adopted in New York legalizes abortion up to 40 weeks, 
essentially up to the moment of birth, and this is atrocious.
  We are facing a moral crisis, and I fear for my children's future 
with today's officials supporting and signing bills into law like that 
of New York's.

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  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to denounce the 
radical support for infanticide and join me in reaffirming and 
protecting the inalienable right to life.
  Let's do the right thing. Let's bring the Born-Alive Abortion 
Survivors Protection Act up for a vote in this House and pass this bill 
to preserve the sanctity of life.

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