The 47th Annual March for Life

Floor Speech

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Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman), my colleague, and also Chris Smith for his tireless leadership on this.

In the 47 years since Roe v. Wade, more than 60 million unborn children's lives have ended too soon. Life is the most fundamental human right, and I believe that life begins at conception.

Science continues to build a case for this, and as technology develops, women are getting a clearer view of the lives of their babies when they go to the doctor's office. At just 6 weeks, an ultrasound can detect a child's heartbeat. At 20 weeks, a baby, we know, can feel pain in the womb. Unfortunately, many States still allow abortions after this stage.

There is no fooling anyone anymore on this. These are true lives inside the womb, not just clumps of cells. Science and medicine make clear that life exists in the womb. If this is true, as I believe it is, those 60 million unborn babies deserved to have the most basic right, the right to live.

Mr. Speaker, I thank all those pro-life freedom fighters who will be here this month at the March for Life and those who are doing it at home in their communities, at those clinics, at those pro-life centers. They have to endure a lot of harsh rhetoric from people on the other side of this. They, indeed, are doing the Lord's work. May God bless them, and I thank them for being part of this.

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