Cliff Stearns: “I had a town meeting Saturday in Hampton, FL, and Janice Sanford was there at the town meeting and she gave me hundreds…”

“I had a town meeting Saturday in Hampton, FL, and Janice Sanford was there at the town meeting and she gave me hundreds of petitions dealing with the partial-birth abortion veto by the President. President Clinton has once again demonstrated that he favors legal, unrestricted, and easily available abortions on demand, even in the ninth month of pregnancy. Mr. Speaker, Thomas Jefferson once said, The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government. I share this commitment to actively support legislation that sustains the Federal Government's traditional goals in family planning. Members of both Houses of Congress already voted to promote these goals when we said no to partial-birth abortions. I strenuously oppose President Clinton's veto of the ban, and urge my colleagues to say no once again when we have the opportunity to override this veto. Once again, I congratulate Janice Sanford for her active efforts to demonstrate this by the petition she gave me last Saturday.”