Lynn C. Woolsey: “Mr. Speaker, we are just days away from the August recess, but instead of using this time to pass the very important…”

“Mr. Speaker, we are just days away from the August recess, but instead of using this time to pass the very important spending bills that we have not even looked at yet, the GOP leadership has once again scheduled a vote on an issue that the Supreme Court has already struck down. Let us be clear. This debate on the so-called partial-birth abortion procedure is nothing more than a ploy to advance the political agenda of the anti-choice community, and they have made it quite clear that their political schemes are worth sacrificing the health of American women. But we cannot fall for this. We cannot fall for this outrageous propaganda of the anti-choice community. We cannot let them twist another health care issue into a political issue. We should be promoting a woman's health, not endangering it. We should be debating concrete measures to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and to ensure that all pregnant women have affordable access to the care they need so they can deliver healthy babies, not telling doctors how to practice medicine. American women are counting on us to ensure that their doctors can provide the care that best meets their individual medical needs. The highest court in the land ruled that our government has no authority to force a woman to risk her health or her life in order to carry a pregnancy to term.”