Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2010 / 18:20 pm
U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) has spoken out against abortion twice in the past two days: on Thursday, he addressed the House floor calling abortion the “greatest human rights struggle on earth.” Then on Friday at the March for Life in Washington, D.C. he encouraged the massive crowds to “pray, fast and work to protect” all human life.
Speaking to his fellow congressmen on Thursday, Smith posed a rhetorical question asking “How can so many seemingly smart, sane, compassionate and accomplished people – especially in politics – support, promote and if President Obama has his way in the pending health care legislation, lavishly fund with public dollars, the violent death of unborn children and the wounding of their moms by abortion?”
“Is it really so hard to understand that abortion is violence against children, a pernicious form of child abuse falsely and aggressively marketed as choice, a human right, or health care?” he continued. “How long will we permit the pro-choice cover-up and bogus safety claims to misinform, especially in light of the reams of evidence documenting serious injury to women who abort?”
Rep. Smith then recalled a story he had read in a book written by his friend Dr. Jean Garton. While Garton was once preparing a lecture on abortion, her three-year old child unexpectedly walked into the room and saw a picture of an aborted baby. The child then gasped and shouted “Mommy, who broke the baby?” said Rep. Smith.