The 47th Annual March for Life

Floor Speech

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Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman for yielding and appreciate him sharing his time with us, and Representative Smith for his tireless work on this issue.

Mr. Speaker, I am immensely grateful to live in Arizona, a State that prioritizes the protection of the unborn. During my tenure in the Arizona State Legislature, we passed dozens of pro-life bills. In fact, Arizona was recently named one of the top three pro-life States in the Union by Americans United for Life.

I appreciate the efforts of pro-life advocates across my district who have worked tirelessly to help countless women choose life for their unborn babies. The Arizona March for Life is taking place this weekend in Phoenix, and I wish them great success.

You see, pro-abortion advocates are the Luddites of our time. They deny the reality of what science has repeatedly demonstrated about the unborn. There is nothing that we do in Congress that will have efficacy if we choose to and fail to protect the most innocent among us.

This Congress, I introduced H.R. 2742, the Abortion Is Not Health Care Act, to prevent abortions from being considered a tax-deductible medical expense. I have also cosponsored nearly two dozen bills seeking to protect the unborn, including the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, and the Heartbeat Protection Act.

As we are here tonight, I can't help but think of when my wife was pregnant and we expected each of our children. Even without today's technology, we knew that each of those children was special, a unique individual, alive and helpless, dependent upon us, and that we had a responsibility for their safety and well-being.

How can this Nation, founded under the principles and understanding of God's direction and hand in the formation of this country, how can we expect the affirming and continued blessings of the Deity, whom we all revere, if we continue to sacrifice on the altar of selfishness these unborn children?

Mr. Speaker, I call on my colleagues to end this practice.

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