Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this is my son Jack, who I think you know. Every time I look at him, I remember the doctor telling my wife Robin and me that we had literally a one-in-a-million chance of naturally conceiving a child--a one-in-a-million chance. Like so many other couples in America, we had experienced a family health issue that would make having a child very difficult and exceedingly unlikely--all but impossible. You don't know how hard it is to hear something so definitive, so final until you are in that situation. It was the end of a dream we had to create a child together, to grow our little family--our family that, like so many others, didn't have the usual path to this point, the usual path that makes having children without medical help all but certain. But regardless of what the doctor was telling us, we knew that we would welcome a child with more love and care than I could ever put into words, if we only had the chance. If red States like Alabama had their way, Robin's and my story would have ended there, in inconsolable heartbreak and what might have been, what should have been. Thankfully for us, we don't live in an America as envisioned by MAGA Republican extremists in Alabama. The one-in-a-million odds weren't the end of our dream. It was just the start of a new part. That part was called in vitro fertilization. It is not an easy process. It comes with its ups and downs, its uncertainties, and tremendous cost, both economic and emotional.…”