[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13682]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     A NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday marked the first annual 
National Day of Remembrance, a day to solemnly mark the sorrowful loss 
of life caused by abortion.
  Last spring, the murder conviction of abortionist Kermit Gosnell 
forced our Nation to take a long, hard look into the brutal realities 
of abortion and the unborn lives that are killed by abortion every day. 
With Gosnell behind us, it may be tempting for some to look away again 
and ignore the truth: abortion is the taking of a human life.
  I want to acknowledge and thank the pro-life groups and leaders who 
began the National Day of Remembrance.
  It is a double tragedy when an unborn child is killed in abortion, 
and research has shown us the complications and emotional scars that 
can linger with the child's mother, compounding that tragedy. That's 
why we grieve and long for an end to abortion, and it's why pro-lifers 
must continue to make every effort to educate people about abortion.

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