Congressman Steve King released the following statement on the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. King also voted in favor of H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015. This act prohibits taxpayer dollars from being used to perform abortions.
"Life begins at the moment of conception and it must be protected from that moment on," said King "The same standard applies in the minute and hour before the child is born and there is no moment after conception that can be used to define the beginning of life. Anyone who has picked up a baby and has been there to either be the mother of the miracle or witness the miracle has to know without a doubt that that unborn child is a human being. Human life is sacred in all of its forms. It is the measure against which all other values are weighed.
No moral person could take a baby's life. I am dedicated to protecting the sanctity of life and I thank all Americans who come and march for the unborn. We should not be taxing Americans and forcing them to fund a violation of their religious freedom. The passage of this bill today is one more step toward restoring respect for the sanctity of all human life."