Political Quotes

“let me say how proud I am to stand with my colleague, my senior Senator from California, Senator Feinstein, and the senior Senator from Illinois, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, who has just arrived on the floor, to speak in favor of the bill which really addresses an issue that the American people want addressed. It does so in a way that is constitutional. It does so in a way that is respectful of women and their families. When we approach this issue, we have very strong feelings in the approach that is taken, in a sensitive way. It is harmful legislation. It will harm women, will hurt women, will lead to women dying, will lead to women suffering infertility, suffering paralysis, and all needlessly. So what we have done in this legislation, which I am very proud of, is to basically codify Roe versus Wade. In other words, we support a woman's right to choose with the understanding that after viability, when the fetus can live outside the womb with or without life support, we want to be very careful that there should be no abortion at all unless the woman's life is threatened, or her health is threatened, and in those cases where a doctor so determines and the woman's family so agrees, that that woman will be able to terminate that pregnancy in a way that protects her life and her health.”