John Rutherford: “I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give a voice to the voiceless all across our country…”

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give a voice to the voiceless all across our country and to speak out against the culture of death that has been perpetuated by the abortion industry here in America. Our Founding Fathers enshrined in the Declaration of Independence the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I thought it very telling that our Vice President was speaking on this very issue just the other day, and she only mentioned two of those unalienable rights--only two of them. She left out life. I think she left out life because that is where we are at now. We talk about a culture of death, and we don't talk about life. Our Nation cannot sit idly by as 1 million unborn children have this life taken from them every year--every year. This is advancing the normalizing of this culture of death. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to stand before you now and celebrate the fact that this culture of death is turning. The Supreme Court Dobbs decision doesn't end abortion in America, but by placing abortion decisions at the State level where it belongs, voters now have a greater voice in shaping our abortion laws. But that doesn't stop our resolve at the Federal level. Throughout my time in Congress, I have fought to pass laws that respect life at every stage from conception to natural death and support both mothers and babies before and after birth.…”