Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, I wish to point out that the incident that led to this resolution--the Kermit Gosnell prosecution--indeed resulted in a successful prosecution. He was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter. That case is closed. The criminal justice system has done its part, and the three life sentences without the possibility of parole means that the interests there--the very important public interests--will be served and he will never again harm women, infants or anyone else through his version of medical practice, that distorted and unfortunate betrayal of trust that he called a medical practice. We need very much to focus on the kind of abuse of trust--unsanitary, abusive, unsafe medical practices--across this country, no matter what kind of procedure is involved, and that is the reason I think this resolution is too narrow in its focus on violations of the standard of medical care when they occur in medical practice, which most certainly was involved in the Gosnell case and involved, unfortunately, in thousands of cases across the country every year. As Senators, we have a responsibility to focus on that betrayal of trust and care when it occurs. That is the reason I have offered a resolution--S. Res.…”