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Jeb Hensarling: I am mourning. I mourn that decision. I'm not naive. I know this question represents one of the great political fault…

On the recordJanuary 22, 2008
I am mourning. I mourn that decision. I'm not naive. I know this question represents one of the great political fault lines in America today, and I know many of my countrymen feel quite differently than I do. But I just believe in my heart, I believe in my head, that there is no more fundamental right that we have than the right to life. And it is enshrined in our very founding documents that we were created. Our creator brought us into this world with certain unalienable rights, including the right to life. Now, again, Mr. Speaker, I can come to no other conclusion in my head, in my heart, than but life begins at conception.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the impact of the Roe v. Wade decision and the right to life.

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