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Sam Brownback: Mr. President, right now, at this very minute, hundreds of thousands of people are amassing in this town for the 37th…

On the recordJanuary 22, 2010
Mr. President, right now, at this very minute, hundreds of thousands of people are amassing in this town for the 37th annual Right to Life March--hundreds of thousands. It will be a crowd where 80 percent will be under the age of 25. It is a young movement. It is a movement that believes in human dignity and that life begins at conception and goes to natural death. They are energized, motivated. They are here and they need to be heard. They stand to be a voice for the voiceless; to stand for a cause they believe in, that they believe is right, and I believe they are right. I believe they are winning this cause. In 1973, the Supreme Court banned most impediments to having an abortion in the United States. Since that tragic decision, many experts estimate that between 40 and 50 million--40 to 50 million--abortions have happened in the United States. It is a number that plagues our government and defies our constitution. This tragedy is why we continue to call for the end of abortion in the United States.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas
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Jan 22, 2010

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The speaker addresses the annual Right to Life March and the movement against abortion.

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