Jon L. Christensen: “1 week ago today, we buried a lady from my district by the name of Margie Janovich. The story of Margie Janovich I…”

“1 week ago today, we buried a lady from my district by the name of Margie Janovich. The story of Margie Janovich I shared last week with the American people, a story that she had struggled with the fight of cancer for 18 months, but I wanted to come back today and share the story again because it is such a moving story and tomorrow is the beginning of the debate with the partial birth abortion bill. Margie's story, for those of you who have not heard, this is a family, Margie and her husband Joe had 9 children in this picture and I do not know, Mr. Speaker, if the camera can get a picture of this or not, but Margie was 44 years old when she passed away last week, and Margie died of cancer. She had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and at the time that Margie was diagnosed with thyroid cancer she was 5 1/2 months pregnant. As a matter of fact, she was pregnant with this little gal, Mary. Well, Margie, because of her pro-life views and because she believes that life is the most sacred thing that could ever be given from God, said she was going to forgo cancer treatments so she would not risk hurting her unborn child. And so she waited until little Mary was born and the thyroid cancer spread. It spread to her breasts and into her lungs and 18 months later it eventually took her life.”