[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE GOSNELL TRIAL

  (Mr. FORTENBERRY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, sometimes it's just so bad that we 
don't even want to look at it. Sometimes it's just so awful we want to 
turn our face away. But we can't.
  Shayquana Abrams was a 17-year-old when she went to see a doctor 
named Gosnell. He performed an abortion on her. Afterwards, she was 
diagnosed with a grapefruit-sized abscess and a clot near her heart. It 
took her 2 years to recover. She was just a child, Mr. Speaker.
  This Dr. Gosnell waged his own private war on women. And for what? 
For profit.
  Now, thankfully, he's on trial; and, thankfully, more and more people 
are learning about this.
  Maybe, Mr. Speaker, we just don't want to look because it is so 
awful. Maybe it's challenging our very premises, our very understanding 
of what this choice for abortion really leads to. But we have to look, 
and we have to recognize how deeply we are inflicting wounds upon our 
very selves.
  Mr. Speaker, women deserve better. Our Nation can do better. Why not 
help young women like Shayquana and let the healing begin?

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