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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    8/7/2002 9:01 am  
To:  ALL   (1 of 3)  
 
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From:  The Pro-Life Infonet www.prolifeinfo.org
Reply-To:  Steven Ertelt infonet@prolifeinfo.org
Subject:  Text of President Bush's Remarks on Born Alive Infants Protection 
Act
Source:   Office of the White House; August 6, 2002

Text of President Bush's Remarks on Born Alive Infants Protection Act

[Pro-Life Infonet Note:  The following is the transcript of President George 
W. Bush's remarks as he signed the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.]

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you all very much for this bill signing ceremony. 
 I'm pleased to sign it in the great city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 
history of our country is the story of a promise, a promise of life and 
liberty made at our founding and fulfilled over the centuries in our laws.  
It is a story of expanding inclusion and protection for the ignored and the 
weak and the powerless.  And now we extend the promise and protection to the 
most vulnerable members of our society.

Today I sign the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.  This important 
legislation ensures that every infant born alive -- including an infant who 
survives an abortion procedure -- is considered a person under federal law. 
(Applause.)  This reform was passed with the overwhelming support of both 
political parties, and it is about to become the law of the land.

I appreciate so very much Senator Rick Santorum and Congressman Steve Chabot 
from Ohio for sponsoring this important piece of legislation.  I also 
appreciate Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Congresswoman Melissa 
Hart for coming, as well.  I want to thank the Bishop of the Diocese of 
Pittsburgh, Bishop Wuerl, for being here.  It's good to see you again, 
Bishop. I appreciate Hadley Arkes, the Professor of Jurisprudence and 
American Institutions at Amherst University.  I want to thank Jill Stanek, 
registered nurse, Labor and Delivery Unit, Christ Hospital and Medical 
Center, for being here, as well.  I appreciate Gianna Jessen, who is an 
abortion survivor and a pro-life advocate. I want to thank Dr. Watson Bowes, 
who is a Professor Emeritus of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of 
North Carolina.

I want to thank you all for coming.  It's important that you're here, to send 
a signal that you're dedicated to the protection of human life.  The issue of 
abortion divides Americans, no question about it.  Yet today we stand on 
common ground.  The Born Alive Infants Protection Act establishes a principle 
in America law and American conscience:  there is no right to destroy a child 
who has been born alive.  (Applause.)  A child who is born has intrinsic 
worth and must have the full protection of our laws.   Today, through 
sonograms and other technology, we can clearly -- see clearly that unborn 
children are members of the human family, as well. (Applause.)  They reflect 
our image, and they are created in God's own image.

The Born Alive Infants Protection Act is a step toward the day when every 
child is welcomed in life and protected in law.  (Applause.)  It is a step 
toward the day when the promises of the Declaration of Independence will 
apply to everyone, not just those with the voice and power to defend their 
rights. This law is a step toward the day when America fully becomes, in the 
words of Pope John Paul II, "a hospitable, a welcoming culture."

Our society has enough compassion, wealth and love to care for mothers and 
their children, and to see the promise and potential of every life.  In 
protecting the vulnerable and the weak, the imperfect and the unwanted, you 
are affirming a culture of life.

I'm grateful for your perseverance on behalf of this noble cause.  I want to 
thank you for your hard work.  I appreciate your care for every member of the 
human family.  Thank you for coming today.  It's now my honor and pleasure to 
sign into law the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.  (Applause.)  

(The act is signed.)  (Applause.) 

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David A. Brown
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  From:  123four   8/7/2002 11:06 am  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (2 of 3)  
 
  420.2 in reply to 420.1  
 
That is wonderful that it was signed. I can't help being shocked however that we must have a law to protect people from killing 
babies....even after they are born. Incredible isn't it? 
These abortionists are careful to hold the head of the baby within the uterus until they can suck the brains out to be sure that when 
the head is delivered the baby is already dead. This doesn't 
protect those babies who are murdered by the hundreds every single day.
 
  
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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    8/7/2002 11:31 am  
To:  123four   (3 of 3)  
 
  420.3 in reply to 420.2  
 
Hi,

 

Yeah we still have a ways to go!

 

Im really Pleased especially that it is acknowledging that God is the Giver of Life and that Our Own Constitution Recognizes Life as a gift from God and affirms that we have the Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and in that order!

 

Abortion is Totally Unconstitutional and not to mention Totally Unmoral but Most people Already know that!

 

God Bless You,

David



David A. Brown
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