[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9394]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today we are going to move one 
step closer to banning late-term abortions by supporting H.R. 1797, 
called the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
  Late-term abortion isn't rare. I was dismayed and disheartened to 
hear of the horrors from the Kermit Gosnell trial. Worse, this past 
month, in my home State of Texas, former employees of the abortionist 
Douglas Karpen alleged he killed babies born alive.
  These acts are inexcusable, immoral and unjustifiable. It's time we 
got rid of this gruesome and barbaric procedure to prevent future cases 
like Gosnell's and Karpen's once and for all. The procedure is not only 
unethical but unessential. There's extensive evidence that unborn 
babies aborted in this manner are alive until the end of the procedure 
and fully experience the pain associated with the procedure.
  We've got to do the right thing. We must ban late-term abortion. I 
urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1797 and protect the value of life, 
women and unborn babies.

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