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Article: Remarks on signing the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002.(Transcript)(Brief Article)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- August 12, 2002
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August 5, 2002
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 ...