[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       47TH ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE

  (Mr. SMUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, last Friday marked the 47th Annual March 
for Life, and for the first time in history, the march was attended by 
a sitting President.
  Since 2017, the Trump administration has established more conscience 
protections than ever before, but there is still more work to 
accomplish.
  For example, the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act, which simply 
requires healthcare professionals to provide medical care to babies 
born alive during an attempted abortion, has support from nearly 200 
bipartisan cosponsors. Yet, despite numerous calls requesting to bring 
this legislation to the floor, my colleagues and I have been rejected 
time after time. It is a sad reality that we have to ask our Democratic 
colleagues to help us end infanticide, but it is a fight we will 
continue until innocent lives are protected.
  Fighting for life also means fighting for individuals who are victims 
of sexual abuse, rape, incest, and human trafficking. Mr. Speaker, that 
is why I introduced legislation to codify the new Title X abuse 
reporting rules, to ensure these victims are protected.
  I hope to see these commonsense ideas signed into law and the lives 
of the unborn protected.

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