George W. Bush: The Most Pro-Life President in American History.(Transcript)

Editor's note. The following are the remarks of Tim Goeglein at the 12th Annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner. Mr. Goeglein is a special assistant to President Bush and deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.

If there is a force of nature for good, in all of Washington D.C., it is Darla St. Martin [associate director of NRLC]. I remember many years ago meeting Darla and the National Right to Life team, and all these years later it is extraordinary to see the progress that has been made. And so Darla, I know one of these special awards is not for you this evening, but I think if all of us could vote tonight, it would be unanimous. So, congratulations to you.

On behalf of the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, and all of us in the Bush-Cheney Administration, we send to all of you, each and every one of you, our warmest and most personal greetings. I talked with the President this morning. I told him I would be here this evening, and he said, 'Please tell all of those good people, not only best wishes from Laura and me, but thanks for everything they have done over the course of the last five years in the great fight for the innocent pre-born who cannot speak for themselves." And I said, "Mr. President, it would be a great honor, if nothing else to convey just that message." So, on behalf of the President, thank you for everything that you have done.

It's very important in the town that makes a habit of overstating things, to understate, when important, and to overstate, when unimportant. And I think it's important tonight to make a statement that is not said enough. George W. Bush is the most pro-life president in American history.

The last four years have seen the greatest advances in defense of human life since Roe v. Wade. In this short period of time, the President has signed a ban on partial-birth abortion. He has signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. He has signed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act. He has put a complete lid on all funding for UNFPA. He has ...