On the recordMay 13, 2015
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 36. I would point out that we have had an estimate of 58 million abortions in this country since Roe v. Wade. That is roughly 14 million by Planned Parenthood alone, and it is about 1 million abortions a year in this country. We ended partial birth abortion for one reason: because those babies' lives were ended the moment before they could scream for their own mercy. Now, with the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, we are going to be able to stop that abortion that is coming because we can see in 4-D ultrasound that these babies are writhing for their own mercy. These babies need to be brought forward into us so that they can live, learn, laugh, and love so that, one day, they can stand here and celebrate the life that we gave them.
