Lynn C. Woolsey: “we have always heard that there is no rest for the weary. Well, the women in America are weary. They are just plain…”

“we have always heard that there is no rest for the weary. Well, the women in America are weary. They are just plain tired of the constant stream of attacks launched by the Republican leadership against their right, a woman's right to make decisions about their health and their lives. Today marks the seventh time the House will consider this dreadful issue. Today's assault on women is dangerous. It puts women's health at risk and attacks the core principles of Roe v. Wade. Roe provides American women a constitutional right to make their own health choices and for women to terminate pregnancy up to fetal viability. Roe ensures a life and health exception. But this bill does not. It puts women's lives and health at risk. Roe clearly states that our government cannot force a woman to sacrifice her life or health to protect a pregnancy. Yet my Republican colleagues outrageously want the Government to proceed to prevent doctors from providing the best possible medical care to women. Let us be clear. Women do not choose late-term abortions as a casual form of contraception. Rather, late-term abortions are a last choice for a woman, when a woman's life or health or the baby's life is terminal or in jeopardy. Further, late-term abortions are the most difficult time and the most difficult decision for a woman and her family to make.”