Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S., is serving his sixth term in Congress as the Representative from Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District. First elected in 2010, he came to Congress with no prior political experience. Paul believes that the Constitution is the cornerstone of our Republic, and always pursues policies that allow for more individual liberty and less government involvement.
Dr. Gosar is focused on bringing jobs back to the district, fighting illegal immigration and securing the border, challenging the status quo and holding Washington bureaucrats accountable, cutting wasteful government spending, and ensuring that he is representing the interests of his constituents.
Life is the most fundamental right that our Declaration of Independence recognizes. It is more fundamental even than our cherished right to liberty, and it is a right that we must protect and defend. This is a right endowed by God, not men. Every human being has value, and we should strive to protect and improve the lives of all Americans.
As a conservative Republican, a medical provider, and a father, I strongly support the sanctity of human life. Nothing is more precious. I believe that life begins at conception. For my efforts in Congress, I have a 100% lifetime rating from the National Right to Life Committee.
However, our society has increasingly grown callous in its discussion of life—from the unborn to the elderly. Since the passage of Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973, nearly 60 million human lives have been aborted in the Land of the Free. That figure alone should shock the consciences of most Americans. Add to that the horrifying videos released by the Center for Medical Progress of the discussions with Planned Parenthood officials about selling baby parts and even completely intact fetuses, and Americans should be outraged and ashamed that we have created and supported a culture that fails to protect life in this country.
One of the reasons I stand against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is that it does not maintain strict prohibitions on federal funding for abortion. While Americans have closely held and passionate views about abortion, we have maintained a long national consensus that taxpayer funds should not be expended for abortion services. The Hyde Amendment is just one example: it has successfully been attached to the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill every year since 1976 and prohibits funds in that bill from being used for abortion services.
However, abortion provider Planned Parenthood receives millions of dollars in federal funding every year—a fact that is unconscionable in a nation that was built on the promise of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” I have cosponsored multiple pieces of legislation to protect life and to ensure that Obamacare and future laws do not allow any taxpayer funds to be used to abort innocent human life.
As I strong supporter of life, I am also in favor of promoting adoption. Many families are not able to have children and desire to adopt children. As we push to end abortion, we should also support adoption services to ensure that when women choose to give birth to a child but choose not to keep that child, that loving families have access to adoptions.