[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EXTEND RIGHT TO LIFE TO ALL

  (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. Madam Speaker, last week marked the 
47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
  Our Nation's Founders enshrined in the Declaration of Independence 
that all humans are ``endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable 
rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of 
happiness.''
  Since that fateful Roe v. Wade decision, we have denied the first of 
those basic rights, the right to life, to more than 60 million unborn 
children.
  I rise today in opposition to this atrocity, and I rise in support of 
the brave individuals who flooded the National Mall this past Friday to 
take part in the annual March for Life.
  As long as abortion exists in our country, a dark cloud will hang 
over us, but the March for Life makes me hopeful that this cloud will 
not hang over us forever. I have great hope that life, liberty, and the 
pursuit of happiness will extend to all Americans born and those yet to 
be born.

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