Barbara Boxer: “I absolutely can say there is no greater joy in my life. As I stand here today, it is because I am pro-children. I am…”

“I absolutely can say there is no greater joy in my life. As I stand here today, it is because I am pro-children. I am pro-family. I am for healthy families. I am for women not having to face a situation where they could be paralyzed for life if a certain procedure is banned. My friend says it is not about Roe v. Wade. Nothing could be further from the truth. None other than the Supreme Court said on an identical bill in Nebraska that, in fact, it was against Roe v. Wade--that because there was no exception for the health of the mother in which you have the same situation here. You have salutary language in findings. But the operative language makes no exception for health. That is against Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade was a very carefully crafted bill that has withstood time since 1973. Even this Supreme Court, which is new, as we well know, and to the right, has supported Roe very recently. It says to me, if you look at the case that just came down, you have two problems with this bill that goes against Roe: No health exception. Everyone agrees there is no health exception. The fact is that the terminology used is very vague. Therefore, it puts an undue burden on a woman because it could ban all abortion procedures.”