Barbara Boxer: “Here you go. We have all of these documents that clearly say the problem with this bill is it makes no health exception…”

“Here you go. We have all of these documents that clearly say the problem with this bill is it makes no health exception; it is vague; it is dangerous for women. The fact is, the bill passed the Senate. We had these arguments and the bill passed the Senate, but the great news about that debate is that Tom Harkin offered his amendment, and that is the subject of the vote we are going to have, where I hope everyone votes to disagree with what the House did because what the House did is it stripped out of the bill this very important language that deals with Roe v. Wade. What did it say? The decision of the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade was appropriate and secures an important right and such decisions should not be overturned. It just shows you the real desire of the anti-choice Members of the Congress. They could have taken this language, which has no force of law--it is a basic statement, an important statement, a crucial statement, in my opinion, but it has no force of law. It doesn't say we say Roe v. Wade shall never be overturned and we pass legislation which embodies Roe. We have not done that. I wish we could, I hope we will, and I think some day we will. I think it is going to take a pro-choice President, but I think some day we will make Roe a law that is actually signed rather than just a court decision. I have offered bills to do that. We have not moved forward because we have had to fight off so many other attempts to restrict Roe.”