[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             MARCH FOR LIFE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, tomorrow, our Nation's Capital will 
once again host many thousands of Americans gathering peacefully to 
support the most basic human right--the right to life. For 49 years, 
the March for Life has united people from diverse backgrounds, 
different faiths, and all 50 States to celebrate the dignity of human 
life and confront the ways our society fails to protect it.
  This year, the marchers will arrive in a Washington controlled by a 
Democratic Party that has grown increasingly radical on this issue. 
Today's Democrats work overtime to keep our country one of just seven 
nations on the planet that have abortion on demand even after the 
unborn children can feel pain. Our shameful company includes China and 
North Korea. Fewer than 30 percent of Americans endorse this view, but 
Democrats have made it party dogma.
  On President Biden's watch, Washington Democrats have even turned 
against the longstanding bipartisan Hyde Amendment. Both parties used 
to agree that at least Federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund 
abortions. Now Democrats on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue declared 
war on even this.
  So I warmly welcome the marchers from Kentucky and across the 
country. This radical version of the Democratic Party needs to hear 
your voices now more than ever.

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