[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 29, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PULLING BACK THE PRO-CHOICE CURTAIN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
North Carolina (Ms. Foxx) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, the pro-abortion lobby cheered last week as 
House Democrats rushed through H.R. 3755, the abortion on demand until 
birth act.
  Throughout the course of the debate last Friday, I listened as my 
colleagues across the aisle took to their bully pulpit and sang the 
praises of the abortion industry in America.
  The talking points that afternoon were so distorted from reality that 
it was as if members of the abortion lobby were the ones that wrote 
them.
  Some Members claimed that passing this bill was a duty that must be 
fulfilled to restore the rights of women. Others claimed it was a duty 
that upheld the oath they took to defend the Constitution.
  Madam Speaker, no matter the justification that was given, the 
American people can see that this is yet another elaborate smokescreen 
coming from the majority.
  But what really shook me to my core was how abortion was being 
normalized in those moments. Women's health was being used as a 
euphemism for abortion, as if the health of the baby that is destroyed 
is inconsequential, not to mention that half of the babies that are 
aborted are female. You cannot claim that this issue is one of 
``women's health'' when that is the case.
  The same sentiment applies to the phrase ``reproductive freedom'' 
that was thrown around multiple times. Explain to me how the process of 
destroying an innocent baby resembles freedom for the baby. It is 
outrageous to link abortion and the concept of freedom together.
  These are the kinds of deliberate spin tactics that attempt to hide 
the horrors of abortion from the American people. No set of elaborate 
talking points from pro-abortion advocates can truly mask the societal 
ill that is abortion.
  Unfortunately, that only skims the surface of how abortion is being 
advertised. The left's narrative on abortions has evolved to the point 
where this immoral procedure is now associated with pride. Abortion is 
not prideful. It is not a form of empowerment. Abortion is robbing a 
human being of God's most precious gift: life.
  While the left's narrative grows only more devious, the voices of 
those who survived abortions, or whose parents chose life, continue to 
be silenced. The stories of these men and women are invaluable, and 
they deserve to be heard by everyone. That is the truth of the matter.
  Madam Speaker, Republicans fundamentally understand that life begins 
at conception and ends at natural death. We believe that life is a 
precious and sanctified gift that God has bestowed upon us.
  I am proud to stand alongside so many constituents of North 
Carolina's Fifth Congressional District, as well as my Republican 
colleagues in the people's House, in fighting to protect life.
  The unborn deserve nothing less than unwavering advocates who stand 
for them. I will always serve as a strong voice for the unborn, and I 
do not plan on stopping anytime soon.

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