[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join with millions across our 
Nation who applaud the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the 
ban on partial-birth abortion. Partial-birth abortion is unrivaled in 
its gruesome brutality. There is no question it has caused the vicious 
destruction of viable, living, breathing babies whose only crime is 
inconvenience.
  The court's decision is a victory in the quest to restore the dignity 
of human life. No longer will the most vulnerable and innocent among us 
be subject to such cruelty as partial-birth abortion.
  It is also a victory for the Constitution, Mr. Speaker, which liberal 
activist judges have demeaned for far too long. It is encouraging to 
see the court's decision move towards our Founders' vision, a vision 
rooted in the commitment to not only protect, but to also respect human 
life.
  While this is a step forward, it is only one victory in the longer 
struggle to assure that the abolition of abortion altogether is 
achieved. Let us never forget our responsibility to hold the basic 
sanctity granted to us by our Maker.

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