Barbara Boxer: “it is really very interesting when we talk about disabled children that the man offering this amendment to reaffirm Roe…”

“it is really very interesting when we talk about disabled children that the man offering this amendment to reaffirm Roe v. Wade is the champion for the disabled. He has fought for the disabled all his life. To somehow put out the idea that those who are pro-choice are not for the disabled is another terrible thing to say in this Senate. I have been in many of these debates over the years, and the comments made by some of my colleagues on the other side of this issue--in terms of their view toward women, women who want more than anything else to bear healthy children and have those children and, yes, even bear them if they are disabled--are extremely disturbing. The kind of comments we have heard about Supreme Court Justices border on, worse than inflammatory, dangerous comments. The comments we have heard about doctors and health professionals are very disturbing to me. Let me reiterate that the AMA opposes this bill--my colleague keeps talking about the AMA--and they oppose it because it imposes criminal penalties on physicians who they say perform these procedures. So they are not in agreement with this bill at all. They find that S. 3 is something they must oppose.”