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Henry Hyde: “I was thinking of theme songs, and I was thinking for the pro-life people, "People Who Need People Are the Luckiest…”

On the recordJune 4, 2003
I was thinking of theme songs, and I was thinking for the pro-life people, "People Who Need People Are the Luckiest People in the World."... We are talking about a particularly hideous, gruesome form of abortion called partial-birth abortion. Yesterday, we decided that flags were not for burning. I hope today we decide that little infants are not for killing. Partial-birth abortion is exactly what the pro-choice late Senator from New York said it is: infanticide.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Addressing the issue of abortion and advocating for limits on abortion practices.

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