Vicky Hartzler: “I thank my dear colleague here for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Protect Life Act, which will ensure…”

“I thank my dear colleague here for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Protect Life Act, which will ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to pay for abortions through last year's health care bill. It is right and proper that we should do so. Every life deserves to be born and is worthy of life. Every life has a purpose and a plan. King David reminds us of the value of life in our Creator's eyes when he penned the following: ``For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the Earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your Book before one of them came to be.'' I'm thankful that our Declaration of Independence recognizes that we are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights, including the right to life. {time} 1750 Our Founding Fathers laid out the principle of life, and today we have an opportunity to affirm and carry on that mantle by passing the Protect Life Act.”