[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            DEFUND ABORTION

  (Mr. BAIRD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAIRD. Mr. Speaker, today I rise because, as a proud pro-life 
advocate, I cannot stay silent as I watch the Biden administration chip 
away at the rights of defenseless unborn.
  Democrats have been working over time with the Biden administration 
to roll back critical protections for the unborn so they can push 
radical pro-abortion policies, and their latest victim, it appears, is 
the Hyde amendment.
  For over 40 years, the Hyde amendment has saved millions of lives by 
preventing the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. A recent poll 
from the Knights of Columbus indicates that 58 percent of Americans 
oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to support abortions. That number 
also includes 65 percent of Independents and 31 percent of Democrats.
  If millions of Americans are against the use of tax dollars being 
used to support abortion, then why is Congress considering legislation 
that does just exactly that?
  If this legislation were for the people, wouldn't we listen to them 
instead of forcing American taxpayers to subsidize something that the 
majority of them are against?
  Taking the life of an unborn child is simply unconscionable. I 
believe that we, as a governing body, have a responsibility to protect 
life at every stage, especially the defenseless unborn who are unable 
to advocate for themselves. We have no business using taxpayer dollars 
to fund abortions.

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