Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, the Honorable Representative Rodgers, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 8296. The Supreme Court recently took the important and correct step to return the power to regulate abortion back to State legislators and voters within the individual States while recognizing the sanctity of life. This concept is so novel and repugnant to the Democrats that they would put forward a radical and extreme abortion bill that would permit abortion even up until birth for any reason. Only seven countries, including China and North Korea, are this extreme. As a doctor, I am knowledgeable that mid- to late-term abortion is a barbaric procedure which can include dismemberment of the baby and crushing of the skull. This is far more cruel than many of the laws of States that define prisoner abuse of convicted felons and what constitutes animal cruelty. It is a procedure done when the mother is given anesthesia, but the baby can feel pain. Madam Speaker, even though you cannot hear it scream, it can respond to music and respond to touch and the voice of its mother. We wouldn't allow animals to be treated this cruelly. Do Democrats think that this elevates women and is compassionate? Madam Speaker, I include in the Record an article from the Charlotte Lozier Institute. [From the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Feb.…”