[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9374]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION RULING

  (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, yesterday's Supreme Court decision to uphold 
a ban on partial birth abortion has been a long time coming. Opinion 
polls have long shown overwhelming opposition to this gruesome and 
horrific procedure, and in response, Congress acted to ban partial 
birth abortion, passing the ban two times during the Clinton 
administration only to have it vetoed by President Clinton both times. 
In 2003, Congress passed the ban again with bipartisan majorities in 
the House and Senate, and this time it was signed into law by President 
Bush.
  Unable to win through the democratic process, proponents of abortion-
on-demand took to the courts, and for years their efforts delayed a 
final decision, leaving unborn children without protection from this 
gruesome procedure.
  Thankfully, yesterday's decision ends the uncertainty, and this 
ruling protects America's unborn children from a barbaric, grisly 
procedure that has no place in a civilized society.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a win for the sanctity of human life and a win 
for American democracy.

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