[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16809]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING TEXANS FOR LIFE COALITION PRESIDENT KYLEEN WRIGHT

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 4, 2011

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today 
to honor Texans for Life Coalition President Kyleen Wright for her 
decades of work to protect life. Kyleen has been a leader and a fixture 
in the Texas pro-life movement for years, and her dedication to the 
unborn was critical to the recent passage of the sonogram law in the 
Texas Legislature. This law expands informed consent to include a 
visual presentation via sonogram.
  Since 1975, Kyleen has been a tireless pro-life advocate. Beginning 
in her freshman year of high school, Kyleen has spent the last 36 years 
influencing and instituting policies conducive to strong families. Her 
work has culminated in significant policy changes in Texas, including 
the sonogram law and an abstinence education program in 1995. It is 
also thanks in part to Kyleen's work that the incidence of teen 
abortions has dropped by half since 1995.
  The pro-life cause in Texas has many leaders, but few are as 
effective in the state capital as Kyleen. Whether it's working with the 
legislature or talking on the airwaves, Kyleen is leading Texas and 
America to a brighter and better future. I ask all of my colleagues to 
join me in recognizing Kyleen Wright for a career of hard work to 
protect the unborn and their families.

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