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Chris Smith: I will say, as we are awaiting his arrival, life is the first human right. If we don't have that, every other…

On the recordJune 24, 2025
I will say, as we are awaiting his arrival, life is the first human right. If we don't have that, every other right--religion, speech, every assembly--falls. Republicans are trying to on our side and we need friends on the Democrat side to join us and to say that the most fundamental of all human rights is the right to life. Ultrasound has exploded any myth that somehow the child is not human and not alive. My wife and I have four children. We had ultrasounds with them. We have nine grandchildren. Each of those grandchildren had a very, very significant ultrasound. The modern ultrasound today, the details that it depicts of that baby moving, sucking his or her thumb, we see that and we know we are parents. We are not going to become a parent. We are not expectant. We know we are a parent because we have seen our child. The bonding begins even more earnestly after viewing that child on the ultrasound. We have got to do far more. We called on the President, and the President is pro-life. I am happy to say that.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Discussing the importance of the right to life and the impact of ultrasound technology.

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