[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23805-23806]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORTING BAN ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, partial-birth abortion is a horrific 
and heinous procedure which attacks the very dignity of women at the 
most fundamental level. As a mother and as an ardent human rights 
activist, I have fought tirelessly to ensure that all are guaranteed 
the most basic of human rights, the right to life. The Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights, the fundamental international document on 
human rights, states that ``Everyone has the right to life, liberty and 
security of person.''
  Some of my colleagues who support partial-birth abortion are the 
first ones to rightly advocate the prohibition of cruelty against 
others or even against helpless animals. But how can some cringe in 
horror when an animal is tortured, yet they do not think twice about 
the unspeakable suffering of an innocent baby being killed through this 
so-called medical procedure?
  I urge my colleagues to finally pass the bill outlawing this act and 
send it to the President for his signature.

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