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On the recordJune 18, 2024
my guess is, if I went to every person in this room--every page, every person sitting in the Gallery, every Senator--and I pointed to this image and said, ``What do you see there?'' my guess is every person in this room would go, ``Well, that is a baby.'' That is my guess. I mean, I haven't asked every person here, but my guess is every person would look at it, and they would go: Well, that is a sonogram of a baby. That is what I would say: It looks like a child to me. So the issue here in America and the next question is: Should it live or die? The first answer is pretty obvious: That is a baby. The second question is: Should it live or die? That one, in America, is not quite so obvious anymore. You know, what is interesting is that I have two daughters. They are amazing, remarkable, beautiful women. They are adults now, but I distinctly remember that pregnancy test and seeing those little lines on that test, and my wife and I looking at each other with excitement. I distinctly remember talking to friends and her parents and other folks, saying that we are pregnant. And as we shared our story, I don't remember a single person saying to me: Well, you are pregnant. What are you going to do with it? Are they going to live or die? No one asked us that. No one asked us: Is it really a baby or is that just a fetus? No one said: You just have tissue. They asked us questions like: Have you thought of a name? Have you figured out how to install the car seat yet?…
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
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Jun 18, 2024

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