Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding. I would point out here we seem to talk in abstract terms about what is really going on. This is a demonstration of dilation, dismemberment, and evacuation that's taking place in the District of Columbia and across this country. Mr. Speaker, here is what takes place. There's a dilation of the cervix. We had testimony of Dr. Levatino who showed his tools. He reaches in and pulls a leg off of this little baby and pulls it out and puts it on a plate. He reaches in and pulls another leg off and does the same thing. He reminded us that this isn't an easy process. It's difficult to do so. You've got to pull hard, then reach in and grab another piece of the torso and pull that out until you count up all the pieces on the plate and you get down to this little baby's head. For the head, there's a special tool to squeeze that little baby's head, crush that head and then pull it out. Who of us could watch such a procedure? Who of us could conduct such a procedure? Who of us? Dr. Levatino did, hundreds of times in his testimony. But his little girl died, and he took 2 weeks off and came back to work again thinking he was going to commit other abortions. He got halfway through, and he said, I looked at that pile of goo on the plate, and I realized that's somebody's daughter. This is somebody's daughter. This is somebody's son. This is a little baby. This is a little miracle of life.…”