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On the recordSeptember 22, 2021
Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this week the House is considering radical legislation that would unravel fundamental human rights and obliterate pro-life laws that are across our Nation. The Democrats' effort to advance this abortion on demand piece of legislation across the Nation could be considered the most consequential legislation of my lifetime. Much has changed since the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973. Four decades later our medical capabilities and understanding is far better. And with incredible advancements in modern sonograms and imaging, there can be no doubt that a child in a womb is a living person deserving of life. And yet in this moment we are about to embark on one of the biggest setbacks in our Nation's history. Right now, this very moment as it ticks by, lives are on the line as every second goes by. Some of this bill's supporters like to call pro-life Americans and our convictions extreme. Let me tell you in this House about extreme. I have seen extreme, and I am going to tell you about extreme. At home in South Bend, Indiana, I saw an extreme abortionist. I saw what an extreme abortionist can do in one decade in several States that happened to be on the abortion train. It is sickening beyond words what Dr. Ulrich ``George'' Klopfer did as he provided abortions in Indiana for decades.…
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Jackie Walorski
Republican · Indiana

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