[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18039-18040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            JUSTICE GINSBURG

  (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, last week's New York Times Magazine featured 
an interview with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Some of 
her comments were absolutely astonishing coming from a sitting Supreme 
Court Justice, but the most disturbing comment came in reference to 
abortion.
  In reference to Roe v. Wade, the infamous Supreme Court case, she 
said this: ``Frankly, I had thought at the time Roe was decided, there 
was concern about population growth, and particularly growth in 
populations that we don't want to have too many of.''
  I cannot imagine any acceptable context where a serious person could 
refer

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to ``populations that we don't want too many of.'' This eugenic way of 
thinking debases the value of all human life. All people are created 
equal and deserve the most fundamental right to life no matter what 
race, religion, or socioeconomic background.
  I am shocked that a member of the Supreme Court believes that a 
compelling reason for the legality of abortion is because our society 
wants to reduce the growth of specific populations. Justice Ginsburg's 
comments are an assault and insult to the values of the American 
people.

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