Congressman Smith made the following remarks on the floor of the House last night:

    "Mr. Speaker, yesterday an abortionist in Philadelphia—Dr. Kermit Gosnell—was arrested and charged in the death of a mother, and seven babies who were born alive but then killed by severing their spinal cords with a pair of scissors.

    "According to the Philadelphia CBS TV affiliate, the District Attorney said that in one year alone, Dr. Gosnell made approximately $1.8 million performing abortions. The abortion industry, Mr. Speaker, is a multibillion dollar business. Planned Parenthood boasts that in 2008 alone, their abortionists killed over 324,000 babies while raking in an approximately $1 billion in fees and local, state and federal government subsidies... ." 

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