Political Quotes

“I am a healthcare provider, and I have been one for 30 years. I rise today in support of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to protect the lives of our country's most innocent. This is not about abortion. As a physician, it is beyond my comprehension that anyone would not intervene to save an innocent and defenseless human life. I cannot in my deepest soul understand how anyone would not come to the aid of a helpless infant child. Neglect, in this instance, when the baby is outside the mother's body, is murder, plain and simple. There have been so many instances of individuals who are alive today who were saved after an attempted abortion. They testify how their life was saved because some physician abided by their oath to do no harm, primum non nocere. The child is born alive. It is not part of the mother's body. This is not about abortion. Neglect is harm. Neglect is immoral. Abortion is not the issue. I strongly support this bill, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, and I urge my colleagues to do the same. I urge my colleagues across the aisle to understand the delineation between an abortion and trying to save the life of someone who survives an abortion.”