[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18958-18959]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, on June 4 we passed a ban on the terrible 
procedure called partial-birth abortion. Now,

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48 days later, we have not even gone to conference to work out the 
differences with the other body. Why?
  Despite the fact that the bill passed with bipartisan support of the 
majority of this Nation's elected leaders, the bill remains stalled. A 
couple of members in the other body are using an unusual delay tactic 
to prevent them from going to conference.
  Filibustering judicial nominees is one thing, but blocking a bill 
that both Chambers have already passed overwhelmingly is just wrong. 
Their tactics threaten how Congress works and how our democracy 
functions. Even worse, every day this bill sits in no-man's land, more 
babies can be partially delivered and then killed.
  We need to get the bill to conference, to the President to honor the 
commitment of both Chambers of Congress to the American people to end 
this terrible practice for good.

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