Trent Franks: “a great man once said that a society is measured by how it treats those in the dawn of life, those in the shadows of…”

“a great man once said that a society is measured by how it treats those in the dawn of life, those in the shadows of life, and those in the twilight of life. Because they are hidden, both in the dawn and in the shadows of life, we kill 400 late-term unborn children every day in America using methods that cause such agonizing pain to the child that it would be illegal under Federal law if it was done to an animal. This bill would call upon abortionists to offer an anesthetic to assuage this agony to these children. Mr. Speaker, if we, as a human family in America, cannot find that much humanity within ourselves, if this human rights atrocity of dismembering our own children alive is truly who we are, then the patriot's dream is lost, Mr. Speaker. Those lying out in Arlington National Cemetery have died in vain, and twilight has fallen upon all of us. I urge my colleagues to pass this legislation.”