[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             MARCH FOR LIFE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, normally, today and tomorrow, we 
would be welcoming many thousands of Americans to the Capitol for the 
annual March for Life. Every year, the march is one of the most 
important things that happens here in Washington. Americans of all 
ages, diverse backgrounds, and many faiths speak up peacefully and 
powerfully for the most fundamental human right. They make our Nation 
confront the fact that even the most modest protections for innocent 
life are still not secure.
  The pandemic has taken this year's march online. That is a particular 
pity, given signs that the new administration may be poised to 
steamroll even the most limited--limited--safeguards for conscience, 
let alone for life itself.
  The new Washington needs to hear the marchers more than ever. A case 
in point, the word is out our new administration is planning to rescind 
the Mexico City policy this very day, run over the consciences of 
American taxpayers, and put them back on the hook for funding abortions 
overseas. An administration that wanted to pursue unity might observe 
that 77 percent of Americans--including a majority of Democrats--and 85 
percent of Independents don't want taxpayer dollars to fund foreign 
abortions.
  This and many other commonsense pro-life policies enjoy broad support 
from the American people, but the radicalism of the modern Democratic 
Party seems dug in. Fortunately, political dynamics change, but the 
moral truth does not. Executive orders can't alter the basic science of 
human life. So I thank my fellow Kentuckians and all Americans who are 
participating. We will see you in person next year

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