On the recordSeptember 18, 2015
This morning we are debating, actually, two bills. One is the delay of funds to Planned Parenthood until the investigation is over and redistributing that money to the rural and federally qualified community health clinics of which there are over 13,000--only 656 Planned Parenthood clinics--and they actually do women's health, like mammograms, as we have heard, and other issues, not just refer. I would urge support for that. The other bill we are debating, which is sometimes infants are born alive after an abortion. We had two witnesses last week before the Judiciary Committee who were survivors. One of them said she was in contact with 203 other abortion survivors. All we are doing is putting enforcement language, some penalties in there because born alive is the law, but it is not enforced, and this would permit that to be enforced. Finally, with Pope Francis coming next week, he said: ``The defense of the unborn life is closely linked to the defense of each and every other human right. It involves the conviction that a human being is always sacred and inviolable in any situation, every stage of development.''
