King
urges colleagues to support the unborn child pain
awareness act
WASHINGTON - U.S.
Congressman Steve King (IA-05) today addressed his
colleagues on the floor of the U.S. House of
Representatives, urging them to support H.R. 6099,
the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, a bill that
would require mothers to be informed of the pain
felt by their babies during a dismembering abortion
and to be informed of pain medication options for
their babies.
Following is the text
of his speech:
"I come to the floor
to stand in support of the
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act. It is a
bit of a bizarre debate from my perspective. I
believe the debate should be on what instant life
begins, rather than how we might kill an unborn
baby, especially on how we would avoid perhaps
inflicting pain on an unborn baby that is about to
be killed.
"We have a law in this
country called the
Humane Slaughter Act, which says than an
animal cannot be slaughtered unless it's rendered
unconscious in a rather painless way.
"We also have a law
called the
Animal Welfare Act, which gives the
Secretary of Agriculture the authority to regulate
how laboratory animals might be euthanized in a
compassionate, humane fashion, and we can't raise up
an unborn baby to this level?
"It's astonishing to
me that we're here and there are people that oppose
this bill. It's high time it's been brought to the
floor, it's a baby step, if you will, Mr. Speaker.
"I applaud the
gentleman from New Jersey for being the lead on the
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act."
