[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7986-7987]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SARAH CURTIS

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 4, 2013

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to interact with some of the 
brightest students in the 22nd Congressional District who serve on my 
Congressional Youth Advisory Council. I have gained much by listening 
to the high school students who are the future of this great nation. 
They provide important insight into the concerns of our younger 
constituents and hopefully get a better sense of the importance of 
being an active participant in the political process. Many of the 
students have written short essays on a variety of topics and I am 
pleased to share these with my House colleagues.
  Sarah Curtis is a junior at George Ranch High School in Fort Bend 
County, Texas. Her essay topic is: Select an important event that has 
occurred in the past 50 years and explain how that event has changed 
our country.

       Within the past 50 years, our nation has seen great divides 
     socially created by monumental governmental decisions. In the 
     year 1973, the law allowed legal abortions within the United 
     States passed under the court ruling of Roe v. Wade. By 
     creating this abominable law that now prohibits state and 
     federal unrecognizing of the law, new corporations have begun 
     to boom, those such as Planned Parenthood. Morally and 
     ethically wrong, a law that allows the legality of the 
     killing of our unborn is practically manslaughter and an 
     unjust crime against humanity. This court ruling has created 
     such a massive divide within our country that even politics 
     are being decided through this law. Liberals have taken a 
     more pro-choice (pro-abortion) stance while the conservatives 
     of the U.S. take a more pro-life (against abortion) stand. 
     Even those who see this law as a sacrilegious act against God 
     have recognized the monstrosity situation this has become. 
     Religious leaders, as of recently, have been forced, under 
     Obama Care to offer abortions, even though it goes against 
     everything they morally believe. Our country has been known 
     in the past to be the ``promised land'' or ``the land of the 
     free'', but forcing laws down everybody's throats and 
     creating a divide between our own people not exactly unite us 
     united against one cause, but rather against each other for 
     different causes. Because of one court decision 40 years ago, 
     the repercussions are still being dealt with today with the 
     killing of the innocent and unborn being so normal and legal. 
     Roe v. Wade may

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     have been a court case about one woman claiming to have been 
     raped, and wanting to legally have an abortion, but she was 
     not raped, and ended up having the child before the case ever 
     appeared in court anyway. So what was the point of one 
     woman's want to not have a child costing our nation nearly 
     800,000 unborn children per year.

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