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[00:00:00] Thank you very much, Tony. It's a [00:00:01] privilege to be here. Thanks to all of [00:00:02] you for being here. Here's the simple [00:00:04] fact. There are more abortions committed [00:00:07] today in the United States than when Row [00:00:09] versus Wade was the law of the land. Let [00:00:12] that sink in. There are more abortions [00:00:13] today in the United States than when Row [00:00:16] versus Wade was the law of the land. And [00:00:18] why is that? It's because of the [00:00:19] chemical abortion drug methreone. Nearly [00:00:22] 70% of the abortions that are committed [00:00:25] in the United States today are committed [00:00:27] because of methapressone. That's just [00:00:29] the fact of the matter. And the question [00:00:31] is, will anything that the American [00:00:33] people do have any effect? Do the [00:00:36] American people have any right to [00:00:38] protect life in their states, in their [00:00:39] localities, nationally? Because what the [00:00:42] Biden administration said is no. The [00:00:44] Biden administration said, "We don't [00:00:46] care what your state laws are. We're [00:00:47] going to allow abortion doctors and for [00:00:50] that matter non-d doctors for that [00:00:52] matter we don't know who from overseas [00:00:54] to mail in this abortion drug to every [00:00:57] single jurisdiction in the United States [00:01:00] of America. And when I say overseas, I [00:01:02] mean overseas. You can go on right now, [00:01:04] check me. You can log on and click on [00:01:07] sites that are not based in the United [00:01:09] States. They're hosted in India. They're [00:01:11] hosted in other foreign countries. You [00:01:12] can click for the pill and get it sent [00:01:14] to you. the chemical abortion drug [00:01:16] methreone. You can get it sent to you [00:01:19] with no doctor visit, no oversight, no [00:01:22] follow-up, no nothing. Why is that a [00:01:24] problem? Well, besides the fact that it [00:01:26] is lethal to the baby in almost every [00:01:28] single instance, there's also the fact [00:01:30] of the matter that fully 11% of women, [00:01:33] more than one in 10 who take this drug [00:01:35] without any sort of doctor aid end up in [00:01:38] a serious adverse health event. That's [00:01:40] the medical term for in a lot of [00:01:42] trouble. In a lot of trouble. Like what? [00:01:44] like hemorrhaging, [00:01:46] like sepsis, like life-threatening [00:01:49] conditions. And the really egregious [00:01:51] thing is the rate of incidence of [00:01:54] adverse medical events, the rate of [00:01:55] incidence of medical harm to women is 22 [00:01:59] times greater than the FDA says on its [00:02:01] label. 22 times. So, not only is this [00:02:05] pill, is this drug available in every [00:02:07] state, in every city, in every locality, [00:02:09] no matter what the voters of the country [00:02:11] say, no matter what the DOB's opinion [00:02:13] says, but also every woman is being lied [00:02:16] to when you look at the label that says, [00:02:19] "Oh, it's relatively safe. Only one half [00:02:21] of 1% experience any events." It's not [00:02:23] true. It's just not true. And what we're [00:02:27] here today to do is to say it's time to [00:02:30] stand up and protect women. And it's [00:02:32] time to vindicate the principle on which [00:02:34] this country is founded, which is that [00:02:36] every life has value. That we are all [00:02:39] created equal in the image of God. That [00:02:41] our rights come from God, not from some [00:02:43] government. And we want to vindicate [00:02:44] that principle. We want to protect life. [00:02:46] And we want to give voice to the [00:02:48] American people and their right to [00:02:50] protect life state by state, city by [00:02:52] city, and yes, here in the United States [00:02:54] Congress. That's what this fight is [00:02:55] about. I'm proud that Republicans are [00:02:57] standing up for this fight. It's what [00:02:58] the party really is founded on. This is [00:03:01] a party that came to birth in the fight [00:03:04] over whether or not a human being's life [00:03:06] could be taken and destroyed. That was [00:03:09] slavery in the 1860s. [00:03:11] The same moral principle is at issue [00:03:14] today. Is a life valuable? Does it have [00:03:17] inherent meaning? Does it have inherent [00:03:19] worth because of the image of God? Our [00:03:21] party is founded on that principle. And [00:03:24] we want to vindicate it. We want to [00:03:26] protect it. We want to see it made real [00:03:28] in the 21st century. That's what we're [00:03:30] here to do today. I want to say thank [00:03:31] you to these attorneys general behind me [00:03:33] who are really fighting the good fight, [00:03:35] going to court, standing up for their [00:03:37] state's laws, standing up for their [00:03:38] voters, standing up for the democratic [00:03:40] process, and above all for life. And [00:03:42] thank you as always to the Family [00:03:43] Research Council and Tony for his [00:03:45] terrific leadership on this. I hope that [00:03:46] this will be a breakthrough year when it [00:03:49] comes to protecting life in the United [00:03:50] States of America. Thanks for having us [00:03:52] today.