The 47th Annual March for Life

Floor Speech

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Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker: ``Around her neck hung a gold necklace that said `Best Mom,' a Christmas present from her two daughters.

``Stefanie closed her eyes, just as she does at the dentist. `That way I don't have to see what's going on,' she said.

``Ten minutes later, the sleepless nights, the tighter jeans, the third child that she said would have strained the family's finances, were a memory.''

That shocking article was in the Chicago Tribune 17 years ago, 2003. That child who would have strained the family's finances would have been a senior high school student and who knows what more.

Back then, 40 million babies had been aborted since Roe v. Wade. Today, 61 million. January 22 marks the 47th ignominy of Roe v. Wade.

As recently as yesterday, in committee, I heard abortion defended as a ``woman's constitutional right to choose what is best for her own body and interests.''

Now, someone decried the fact that there are so many men standing and speaking today, but we men have always stood to defend the innocent and to defend our families. So, proudly, today, we do the same.

Charles Darwin said, ``great is the power of steady misrepresentation.'' And so we have created a lie. We have chosen a lie. We have been sold a lie. We have lived a lie. We have even tried to make it the truth, but it is still a lie. And children, innocents, and women have been hurt because of it; and, ultimately, all life has been cheapened and diminished.

May God change our hearts.

Our children are not our burdens; they are our hope. Our children are tomorrow's dreams and ideas and imagination. Our children are the pioneers who unlock more secrets of God's universe, harness new technologies for peace, strive to create a world freer from want, and bring forth long-awaited cures for dreaded diseases. They are our artists, our poets, who will make life more vivid and colorful, and the faithful who will serve God and their fellow beings.

Babies aren't a choice once they are conceived; they are a gift from our loving creator, God. Thomas Jefferson wisely stated: ``The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.''

And so I end by saying human liberty is inseparably linked to human life. God help us as a nation to choose life and liberty.

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey.

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