Glenn Thompson: “I thank the chairman for yielding. What an outstanding turnout tonight. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be here tonight and…”

“I thank the chairman for yielding. What an outstanding turnout tonight. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be here tonight and participate in this Special Order to celebrate the sanctity of human life and redouble my commitment to protecting the most vulnerable among us: the unborn. I want to thank Congressman Chris Smith for hosting this opportunity tonight. He has certainly been a champion of the pro-life moment, and this week marks the 45th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that set constitutional precedent on the issue of abortion. That decision also ignited the pro-life movement, which was already taking shape. And this movement will be witnessed on Friday, when more than 100,000 pro-lifers from across the country will come to Washington, D.C. for the 45th annual March for Life. This year's theme is ``Love Saves Lives.'' And, Mr. Speaker, it surely does. Thanks to the pro-life movement, abortion rates across the country are at the lowest since 2013. Proudly, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania remains one of the top protective states in the nation to provide legal protections for human life from conception to natural death, according to Americans United for Life. From 2015 to 2016, we saw a 3 percent decline in abortions in Pennsylvania, and these statics reflect important Pennsylvania State laws, such as, the ban on sex-selection abortion. These figures are certainly welcome news, but the fight is not over and there is more work to be done.…”