[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8761-8762]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        PROTECTING INNOCENT LIFE

  (Mr. CRAWFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, last week this body took up H.R. 3541, the

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 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, which would prohibit abortion on the 
basis of an unborn baby's gender. Many advanced nations around the 
world already have laws restricting sex-selection abortions.
  The United States of America should not allow abortions to be 
performed to select an unborn child's sex. Recognizing the importance 
of all life, I voted in favor of the bill and had high hopes it could 
be signed into law. Sadly, the measure failed to reach the majority 
needed for passage.
  As unbelievable as it may sound, some Members of Congress were 
unwilling to vote to restrict abortions based on sex. Aborting a baby 
based upon its gender undermines one of our Nation's founding 
principles that all human beings are created equal.
  Every Representative, every physician, every American needs to be 
reminded that at the center of our struggle is the protection of human 
life. We cannot live in a nation where some human life is valued and 
other life is not. All life has value, and the casual taking of life is 
morally wrong.
  Let's join together to pray for the protection of the unborn. The 
intersection of prayer and action can produce amazing results. Through 
prayer and perseverance we can accomplish our goals and innocent human 
life can be protected.

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