Political Quotes

“I rise today very, very disheartened, and I do want to thank the junior Senator from Nebraska for having this very difficult discussion on the floor of the Senate. As my colleague from Nebraska was speaking, I felt a tightness in my chest. I am a mom. I have been through childbirth, and I can't imagine anyone taking my child, setting her aside, and then having a discussion on whether she should live or die. I can't imagine that. I can't imagine, after having such a precious thing as a child brought into the world, having these odious discussions of whether she should live. I can't imagine putting a baby through that. So I am disheartened and I am absolutely appalled by the debate we have in front of us--a debate I would have once considered unfathomable on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Many have often referred to this as the world's greatest deliberative body, but let me be clear, folks. There is nothing great, there is nothing moral or even humane about the discussion we have before us today. Over the past week, we have witnessed the absolutely ugly truth about the far-reaching grasp of the abortion industry and its increasingly radicalized political agenda. Politicians have not only defended aborting a child while a woman is in labor but have gone so far as to support the termination of a child after his or her birth--a child--a baby. Rationality, decency, and basic human compassion have fallen by the wayside.…”