[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 759]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ``ONE LESS ANGEL WILL CRY''

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                        HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 23, 2008

  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I was recently visited in my office by one 
of my constituents from the second district of Tennessee, Julie Rich. 
Julie is one of six winners in a nationwide contest for the March for 
Life Education and Defense Fund of 2008. I would like to call to the 
attention of my colleagues and other readers of the Record her winning 
poem.

                        One Less Angel Will Cry

     A guardian angel looks up from Earth
     And prays each day to the Lord in the hope
     That one particular baby will survive until birth
     The mother does not want it; she is scared
     She has by now reached the end of her rope
     O Lord! Please let the child be spared!
     She throws up her hands and yells, ``I'm through!
     I don't want to be in this position
     I will abort. It's something I must do!''
     The angel wept
     What a horrid decision!
     Up to heaven the angel and the baby's soul leapt
     The gates were wide open and the soul was ushered in
     And why not
     For one whose lifespan was tremendously thin?
     The devastating thought of abortion should be left far behind
     It is like a blot
     On all of mankind
     ``Build Unity on the Life Principles throughout America.
     No Exception! No Compromise!''
     We must be strong with these words, America
     Because millions upon millions have died this way
     Abortion has claimed too many lives
     Babies perish like this every single day
     What if it had been you? One of the ones killed?
     You would not know
     Your body would have been chilled
     Mothers please do not tell your infants goodbye
     Let the babies live, let them grow!
     And one less angel will cry

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