ABORTION IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF BLACK AMERICANS
"In 1847, Frederick Douglass said, 'Right is of no sex; truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all--and all are brethren. The very bedrock foundational principle that gave birth to America was the conviction that all human beings are children of God and created equal in His sight.'
"As Americans, all of us know in our hearts that aborting a little baby because he or she happens to be the 'wrong color' or because or she is a little girl instead of a little boy is fundamentally wrong, and represents a betrayal of the precious truth that all human beings are created equal, with the Imago Dei stamped on their souls.
"I know when the subject is related in any way to abortion, the doors of reason and human compassion in our minds and hearts often close, and the humanity of the unborn and the inhumanity of what is being done to them can sometimes no longer be seen. But this is the civil rights battle that will define our generation. At the very least, we should be able to agree that allowing the lives of unborn children to be torn from them simply because they happen to be the 'wrong color' or the 'wrong sex' is not who we are as Americans."
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Congressman Franks is serving his fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives and is a member of the Judiciary Committee, where he serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and a member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. He is also a member of the Armed Services Committee, where he serves on the Strategic Forces Subcommittee and the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
Franks Praises Passage of PRENDA
Bill Prohibits Sex- and Race-Based Abortions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-02) praised today's passage of H.R. 3541, the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act (or PRENDA) through the House Judiciary Committee today by a 20-13 vote. The legislation prohibits abortions performed on the basis of the child's sex or race. It also outlaws the coercion of any woman to abort a child based on the child's sex- or race.
Congressman Trent Franks
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