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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I want to commend my friends and colleagues from Mississippi and South Dakota and Oklahoma for their leadership in protecting the lives of the unborn and to thank them for bringing us together in this fight for life.

Two years have passed since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a controversial decision that found no basis in the text or history of the Constitution, a right that was simply made up by the nine members of the Supreme Court.

What they have done is to return the power where it belongs, to the people of the various States to protect unborn children.

And I dare say the rule in Massachusetts will be different than Texas, and you may find some different lines being drawn. But make no mistake about it, we are here to stand with the unborn who have rights of their own.

America cannot be at its best if we devalue the lives of the most vulnerable among us. They deserve protection under the law too. And that is what we are fighting to deliver.

Make no mistake, those on the other side of the aisle want abortion on demand, without limit, up to and including the point of a live birth. That is a position overwhelmingly disapproved of by the vast majority of the American people.

The Declaration of Independence guarantees the right to life. That includes the unborn, just as it does every other American.

So I am proud to stand here in defense of that right, and I am proud to stand with my colleagues today as we fight to safeguard that right, to the best of our ability.

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