[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              PROTECTING THE GOD-GIVEN SOULS OF THE UNBORN

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, I cannot think of a more important issue 
to get right than protecting the God-given souls of the unborn and 
their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  I will never forget listening to the heartbeat of my first child, 
Nathan. I cried all the way to the car, praising God for this miracle, 
and the words of the Psalmist came to me: ``You formed me in my inward 
parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb.''
  Currently, the United States is one of only seven developed countries 
that allow elective abortions after 20 weeks. That puts us on the same 
moral equivalent, in this regard, to China and North Korea.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 36. I stand with the 
vulnerable and the voiceless, and I kneel in submission to the author 
of life and ask for His blessings on this country and this initiative.

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