Zoe Lofgren: “on page 16 of the bill it reads ``partial-birth abortion,'' a term that does not exist in medicine, ``is never medically…”

“on page 16 of the bill it reads ``partial-birth abortion,'' a term that does not exist in medicine, ``is never medically indicated to preserve the health of the mother.'' Mr. Speaker, all of us here came to Congress having done other things in our lives; and sometimes I think that God sends us here to tell a particular story, and I feel that way today because I can tell the story of someone who had to have this procedure, and that person is the daughter-in-law of my friend, Susie Wilson. Before I was elected to Congress, Susie was so excited that her daughter-in-law, Vicki, was going to have a little girl. Susie had three boys and there were grandsons, but no girls. We were excited for Susie, and we found out at the end of Vicki's pregnancy that the granddaughter, they had already picked out a name, Abigail, that the baby's brains had formed almost completely outside of the cranium. I saw the ultrasound picture, and it looked like there were two heads on this child. The question was not whether they would have the Abigail they wanted and prayed for, but how they would terminate this pregnancy, and whether in addition to having no Abigail, whether Vicki would also live; and if she lived, whether she would be healthy enough to continue to care for her two boys. So this procedure was what was safest for Vicki, and Susie went down there to be with her at this trying time, and it was devastating not just for Vicki but for her husband and for her whole family.”