Chris Smith: “Mr. Chairman, abortion is violence against children and in no way could be construed to be humane or compassionate. A…”

“Mr. Chairman, abortion is violence against children and in no way could be construed to be humane or compassionate. A child's worth and inherent dignity is not determined by who his or her mother happens to be. And the value of a baby is not diminished one iota because Mom happens to be an inmate. As a matter of fact, the woman's God-given value is not diminished, either. Yet the pending DeGette amendment would force taxpayers to subsidize violence against children, in this case the child of an inmate. Mr. Chairman, I truly believe that many Americans are either uninformed or living in a state of denial on the issue of abortion, especially as it relates to the gruesome reality of abortion methods. Abortion methods are violence against children and include dismembering innocent children with razor blade tip suction devices that turn kids into a bloody pulp, or injections of chemical poisons designed to kill the baby, or the kids are executed by partial-birth abortion, a gruesome method that many Members are now familiar with. Peel away the euphemisms that sanitize abortion and the cruelty to children and, yes, the cruelty to their mothers as well becomes readily apparent. The entire smoke screen of choice turns the baby into property, a thing, a commodity and not a someone. Truly a person is a person no matter how small.”