i yield 1 1/2 minutes to dr. fleming. the speaker pro tempore: speakers will remind members to speak in third person, not in second person, while they are addressing the floor. the gentleman from florida is recognized. from louisiana is recognized. mr. fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. and i want to thank the gentleman for authoring this fine bill, mr. franks from arizona. you know, i find that gender oriented abortion is problematic for two reasons. number one, it's very obvious. the taking of an innocent life merely because that child happens to be a boy or a girl certainly goes against all the values that we hold true in america. secondly, because of the technology requiring that you're well into the second trimuster, even to determine -- trimester, even to determine the gender of the fetus, we are talking about a mid to late-term abortion, something that is so brutal. mr. speaker, as a family physician and as a father of four, two boys and two girls, i've delivered over 300 babies in my career. each and every child, re