Bill Clinton: “I thank my friend from Iowa. I thank him for introducing this important sense-of-the-Senate resolution amendment that…”

“I thank my friend from Iowa. I thank him for introducing this important sense-of-the-Senate resolution amendment that will reaffirm Roe v. Wade, making it very clear that the policy of this Senate is for abortion to be legal, safe, and rare. But I have to confess I am somewhat bewildered that we are having this debate at this time in our Nation's history. Obviously, the Republican leadership here in the Senate--along with the House and the White House--has made a choice. Of all the grave challenges facing our Nation at this moment in history, we want to work together to criminalize a private medical decision made by women and their physician. With so much at stake, and when our economic security, national security, and domestic security are at stake, I believe that is an unusual and, in my view, a misguided choice. Today, 300,000 men and women wearing the uniform of our military stand in harm's way in the Persian Gulf.”