[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ROE V. WADE

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                          HON. KENNY MARCHANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 15, 2014

  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, next week will mark forty-one years since 
the United States Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade. Since that time, 
millions of lives have been lost to legalized abortion in the United 
States, and it is fitting to recognize them at this unfortunate 
landmark.
  This is also a time to renew hope as millions of Americans continue 
to advocate for the respect due all human life and many state 
governments across our country are working to embrace the right to 
life. Here at the federal level, many of my colleagues and I have 
cosponsored legislation that would help in these efforts. To that end, 
I am a cosponsor of H.R. 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection 
Act, which passed the House and would limit abortion after the age at 
which evidence shows that an unborn child can experience pain. I have 
also cosponsored H.R. 1091, the Life at Conception Act, to legally 
define human life as beginning at conception, and H.R. 940, the Health 
Care Conscience Rights Act, to protect the freedom of conscience for 
healthcare professionals who do not want to participate in abortions.
  Mr. Speaker, in recognizing the approaching anniversary of Roe v. 
Wade, I urge my colleagues in both houses of Congress to advance and 
pass these and many other bills that defend the fundamental right to 
life, without which all other rights are impossible.

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