Jim Ryun: “the Lord has blessed my wife and me with four precious children. When they were babies I held them, I fed them, I took…”

“the Lord has blessed my wife and me with four precious children. When they were babies I held them, I fed them, I took care of them, and I even helped change their diapers. I knew then that if anyone would really try and hurt them, that I would do whatever I could to defend them, and as I know all the Members would here with their children. This is the time to stand up and to defend the innocent, the children of our country. We in this Chamber have been elected to defend the truths of our country, one of which is we believe in the rights of the individual, the pursuit of life and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Have we as citizens allowed our minds and hearts to be seared in such a way that the crushing of the skull that was described earlier and the sucking out of the brains of a head that is still in the mother's womb is really be considered a defensible act? This is a gruesome act, and if Members winch when I talk about that, then they should. How can we allow this to continue? We must stop this. A Nation cannot long endure which condones participation in such brutality and uncivilized acts. Mr. Speaker, I challenge my colleagues that are here today and will vote later that we end this uncivilized and brutal act of partial-birth abortions.”