Barbara Boxer: “Let the Supreme Court see that while the Senate took up this bill to ban a medical procedure, a medically necessary…”

“Let the Supreme Court see that while the Senate took up this bill to ban a medical procedure, a medically necessary procedure, it, at the same time, supported a landmark decision called Roe v. Wade that said to the Government: Stay out of people's lives in the very early stages of a pregnancy. It said to the Senators then and to the Senators now: You think you are important, but guess what. You need to respect the people you represent and not interfere in a decision they need to make with their God. I think that is profoundly moral. What I think is immoral is to take your views, Madam President, or my views or the views of the Senator from Pennsylvania and force them on the people of this country. It is disrespectful, it is not right, and it is not what America is about. In 1973, the Court said to us: At the early stages of a pregnancy, a woman has this right, but at the later stages of a pregnancy the State can, in fact, ban abortion, as long as the State always respects the life and health of a woman.”