For Immediate Release
January 20, 2011
Contact: Brecke Popelka,
Communications Director
202-225-2901
http://roby.house.gov   

Roby Speaks on 38th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Delivers House Floor Speech on its Devastating Effects on Women and Children

You can watch the video by going to:
http://clips.shadowtv.net/media/stv/3343/8/2011/019/20/3343_8_20110119_200705_115.wmv

(Montgomery, AL) - Today, Congressman Martha Roby became an original
sponsor of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" to establish a
consistent government-wide prohibition on abortion funding.

On Monday, January 24, Roby intends to take part in the March for Life
Rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Roby delivered the following speech last night on the House floor
recognizing the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

"Mr. Speaker, two weeks ago I took part in a reading of the United States
Constitution in this chamber. It was a fitting tribute to the great
social contract between the American people and our government. The
Constitution is an exceptional document, and we have all taken an oath to
defend it, and defend it we must.

"Too often, our Constitution is under attack by the liberal activist
movement that seeks to achieve through the courts that which they cannot
achieve at the ballot box. On the front line are unelected judges that
disregard the words and meaning of the Constitution in favor of their own
political and social views. They decide cases not on the law and the
facts, but on the outcome that they alone believe to be the best policy.
Roe v. Wade is an example of this sort of judicial activism at its worst.

"Together with other cases, the Roe Court created a fundamental right to
abortion, even though a simple reading of the Constitution reveals no
such right.As a result, unimaginable harm has occurred. In the short time
that I have talked tonight, another baby has been aborted. That equals
one abortion every two minutes, 3,300 abortions a day, or 1.2 million
abortions a year.

"Mr. Speaker, I am unapologetically pro-life. I believe that the miracle
of human life begins at conception. I believe that we are fearfully and
wonderfully made, ‘knit together’ by God in our mother’s womb. I believe
that every American is entitled to basic human rights. And I believe that
I have an obligation to do everything I can to fight for the unborn, to
prevent taxpayer money from funding abortions, and to protect our
democratic system from the encroachment of an all-powerful judiciary.

"Let us use the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade as an occasion to
reaffirm our beliefs, and redirect ourselves to that cause.
"Mr. Speaker I yield the floor."

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