[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had the privilege of sitting just 
a few feet away as President George W. Bush signed the Partial Birth 
Abortion Ban Act of 2003. In both deed and in word, President George W. 
Bush did much for the cause for life yesterday, ending a period of time 
in our history when a terrible form of violence directed against 
children inches from birth was allowed under the law.
  But in addition to his signature, the President also expressed clear 
moral leadership, saying, ``America stands for liberty . . . and the 
unalienable right of life.'' The President went on to say, ``Every 
person, however frail or vulnerable, has a place and a purpose in this 
world'' because ``the right to life cannot be granted or denied by 
government, because it does not come from government.'' The President 
said, ``It comes from the Creator of life.''
  The President not only lent his signature to an important legislative 
initiative, but in the very best example of American leadership, he 
provided a clear moral vision, leading us away from the nightmare of 
abortion in America.
  Righteousness exalts a Nation and did so yesterday.

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