[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 4]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, on yesterday over 100,000 Americans 
representing nearly every State in the Nation marched in opposition to 
one of our Nation's most notorious and, I think, tragic Supreme Court 
rulings, the decisions to legalize abortion in the United States.
  Twenty-nine years ago yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled seven to 
two that the U.S. Constitution affords a woman the right to obtain an 
abortion. But what was not known at the time was that the case of Roe 
v. Wade would only add another fissure in the societal fabric.
  In addition yesterday to voicing his admiration for those who seek to 
protect the right to life, President Bush proclaimed last Sunday to be 
National Sanctity of Life Day. I too support the efforts of these 
Americans, and I am grateful that America may follow President Bush's 
leadership as he works to mend this fissure by truly recognizing this 
noble cause and valuing the culture of life.
  What we have learned from the events of September 11 is that life, 
every life is sacred. Now, more than ever, we must reaffirm our 
commitment to the sanctity of life. And I am hopeful that life, our 
most sacred of gifts, can be preserved and protected for all humans, 
born and unborn.

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