Vicky Hartzler: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. It is an honor to work with him and to stand with him and some of the colleagues for…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. It is an honor to work with him and to stand with him and some of the colleagues for life--for the unborn. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to remember 62\1/2\ million children who have lost their lives at the hands of abortionists. It has been 48 years since the passage of Roe v. Wade, and our children continue to suffer and die by the millions. It is unfathomable. We know many of these children perished in the most horrendous and brutal of ways. The pain must have been excruciating, yet we are still failing to hear their cries. The single most-effective life-saving protection to stopping the spread of this scourge is the Hyde Amendment. Over 2.4 million children are alive today because of Hyde's protections, which prevents taxpayer dollars from going to pay directly for abortions. We know the Hyde Amendment can't save every life, but it can and it has saved many. Yet this limitation on Federal funds is the number one target for many of my colleagues. Eliminating Hyde protection will cause more child deaths, not less. Madam Speaker, I also rise today to remember women like Keisha Marie Atkins and Jamie Morales, who died as a result of the abortion procedure. I also remember the women who mourn the loss of their babies, who suffer physical, emotional, and spiritual trauma from their abortions.…”