[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1314]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      URGING SUPPORT FOR TITLE X ABORTION PROVIDER PROHIBITION 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, today, millions of Americans from the 
National Mall to prayer services in small-town churches will mark the 
sad 36th anniversary of Roe versus Wade, the worst Supreme Court 
decision since Dred Scott.
  As most Americans know, it is simply morally wrong to end an unborn 
human life by abortion. But it's also morally wrong to take the 
taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use it to 
promote abortion at home or abroad. As many Americans fail to 
recognize, the largest abortion provider in America is also the largest 
recipient of Federal taxpayer dollars through title X. This should not 
be.
  Yesterday, with more than 60 cosponsors, I reintroduced the Title X 
Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, a bill that would deny any Federal 
funding to Planned Parenthood of America.
  On this dark anniversary, let us rededicate ourselves to protecting 
the unborn and to protecting taxpayers on matters of conscience. I urge 
my colleagues to join me in bipartisan spirit in cosponsoring the Title 
X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act.

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