[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      VOTE ``NO'' ON THE PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 
1797 because we have been here before. Not less than a year ago, this 
body took up a very similar measure, and it failed. I hope my 
colleagues will join me in rejecting this attempt.
  We cannot ban abortions after 20 weeks, first, because it's 
unconstitutional, and, second, because we cannot know the individual 
situation of every woman.
  What if a woman gets cancer during her pregnancy?
  What if she gets pre-eclampsia, which could cause seizures and kidney 
damage?
  What if a woman's fetus is diagnosed with a severe fetal abnormality, 
making it unable to survive pregnancy or delivery?
  Women and their families are often faced with impossibly difficult 
decisions, but they are their decisions to make, not ours.
  Please vote ``no'' on this thoughtless bill.

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