Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise in support of the freedom of access to clinic entrances bill and this particular conference report, as submitted by Senator Kennedy and the Labor and Human Resources Committee. I strongly hope that every Member of this body would vote for this bill. It is a bill whose time has come and whose need has clearly been substantiated. In the last few years, and especially this past year, there has been a disturbing trend of increasing violence at family planning clinics across the country--threatening letters sent to doctors, patients blocked from safe access to clinics, clinics invaded or sprayed with toxic chemicals, clinics even burned to the ground and doctors shot and killed. This cannot continue. These are no longer peaceful protests. These are examples of vigilante extremism that mirror the spread of hate crimes and random violence in our society. This past year alone, there have been more than 1,400 acts of violence against abortion providers and patients.”