[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE GOSNELL TRIAL

  (Mr. ROE of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I stand today to express my horror 
at the accusations made in the trial of Kermit Gosnell, an abortionist 
in Pennsylvania. If these charges are true, they're horrific.
  Let me speak from my heart. I am an OB/GYN physician who has 
delivered almost 5,000 babies. In my heart of hearts, I cannot imagine 
what must have gone on in the guise of health care in that abortionist 
clinic. It is physically nauseating for me to think about what this 
doctor did.
  Life is a precious miracle, and the children who lost their lives in 
Philadelphia were blessed with this miracle only to have it so cruelly 
ripped away from them. Regardless of whether one is pro-life or pro-
abortion, we should all agree that these children deserved a chance at 
life.
  This country carries a responsibility and duty to protect those who 
do not have a voice, including the unborn children of America that 
represent our greatest silent minority. They're the most innocent among 
us and deserve the protections we afford to all other people in this 
great country.
  One of government's most important duties is to protect the most 
vulnerable among us. I pledge to continue to remember and to strive 
toward this.
  If found guilty, I expect the full weight of the law to be used to 
punish the accused.
  I simply will finish by saying, as a reminder to all of us, what a 
precious gift of life our children are.

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