By Office of House Speaker Mike Johnson
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the third anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, Speaker Johnson joined Chairman Chris Smith and other members of the Pro-Life Caucus to honor the anniversary and celebrate the hundreds of thousands of lives saved in the last three years.
Below are Speaker Johnson’s remarks as delivered on June 24:
“I rise this afternoon to mark this historic, lifesaving anniversary. Three years ago today, the Supreme Court corrected an egregious and tragic error and affirmed an undeniable truth that was originally affirmed in our nation’s birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence.
That truth is that every single person is made in the image of God, and they are thus bestowed with an estimable dignity and value.
And our values not related in any way to the color of our skin, or what zip code we live in, or what our talents are, or what our hobbies are or our aptitudes – it’s all irrelevant because our value, our intrinsic value, is given to us by our creator.
That’s what the framers of this grand experiment and self-governance believed.
The Dobbs decision, which moved the question of regulating abortion to the people’s elected representatives, reversed 50 years of inhumane social engineering and has saved hundreds of thousands of innocent lives in the process.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America estimates that post-Dobbs, pro-life policies have now saved more than 200,000 lives annually. That means at least 200,000 more babies every year are being given the blessing of life, the opportunity to be born. How profound that is.
So, on this very joyous, lifesaving anniversary, we remember the more than 63 million who were never given that opportunity to live, and we vow to continue building a culture of life and advancing policies which protect the sanctity of every single human life.
My friend Chris Smith, I salute you as the chairman of our pro-life caucus and for all your work for so many decades in this arena. And I thank you for hosting this special order hour this afternoon.”
