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HON. RON PAUL
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to
support the Sanctity of Life Act. This legislation
provides that the federal courts of the
United States, up to and including the Supreme
Court, do not have jurisdiction to hear
abortion-related cases. Since the Supreme
Court invented a “right” to abortion in Roe v.
Wade, federal judges have repeatedly thwarted
efforts by democratically elected officials at
the state and local level to protect the unborn.
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However, the federal courts have no legitimate
authority to tell states and local communities
what restrictions can and cannot be
placed on abortion. Even some intellectually
honest supporters of legalized abortion acknowledge
that Roe v. Wade was incorrectly
decided. Congress must use the authority
granted to it in Article 3, Section 1 of the Constitution
to rein in rogue federal judges from
interfering with a state’s ability to protect unborn
life.
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Madam Speaker, it is my hope that my colleagues
will join me in support of using the
power granted to the Congress by the Constitution
to protect the ability of individual
states and the people to restore respect for
the sanctity of human life.
