Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, during the Stenberg v. Carhart case, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accurately described the partial-birth abortion method when he said the following, and I apologize for the graphic nature of the quote, but this is the reality of what a partial-birth abortion act is. He says: ``After dilating the cervix, the doctor will grab the fetus by its feet and pull the fetal body out of its uterus into the vaginal cavity. At this stage of development, the head is the largest part of the body. The head will be held inside the uterus by the cervix. While the fetus is stuck in this position, dangling partly out of the woman's body and just a few inches from a completed birth, the doctor uses an instrument, such as a pair of scissors, to tear or perforate the skull. The doctor will then either crush the skull or will use a vacuum to remove the brain and other intracranial contents from the fetal skull, collapse the fetus's head, and pull the fetus from the uterus.'' Mr. Speaker, this terrible act, known as partial-birth abortion, is what we are urging our colleagues to ban today.”