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Life Issues

Congressman Bartlett Applauds President’s Support for Two of his Initiatives in State of the Union Address 2008 Jan 28, 2008 - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett recorded this statement in reaction to the 2008 State of the Union Address (SOTU) by President George W. Bush. An mp3 file is available upon request. “I was particularly pleased with two parts of the President’s speech because they covered issues that I’ve been working... More

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Addresses the March for Life Jan 22, 2008 - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett today spoke to thousands of pro-life supporters who converged on the Mall in Washington, DC for the 35th Annual March for Life. The march laments the anniversary of the Roe. V. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Below is a statement of Congressman Bart... More

Congressman Bartlett Votes “No” Against Destructive Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation, S. 5 Jun 7, 2007 - U.S. Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett, Ph.D. (R-6-MD), who has introduced an alternative stem cell research bill, H.R. 322, voted “no” against S. 5 “because it’s scientifically unnecessary and unethical to sacrifice human embryos to get cells for embryonic stem cell research.” H.R. 322 has 128 c... More

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett Applauds Supreme Court for Upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Act to End the “Brutal and Inhumane” Procedure Apr 18, 2007 - Today the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003 and its stated purpose to protect “innocent human life from a brutal and inhumane procedure.” Congressman Bartlett said, “This is an important landmark in the fight to protect the life of unborn c... More