Dick Durbin: “I say to the Senator, I hope you understand that you and I come to this from a different perspective. Your perspective…”

“I say to the Senator, I hope you understand that you and I come to this from a different perspective. Your perspective is one abortion procedure. You are prepared to not accept, but to tolerate other destructions of the fetus in abortion, but not this one, which troubles you greatly. I don't deal with that aspect. I deal with postviability, that is, late-term abortions, of all types. And there is the distinction. If the Senator is saying to me: ``You do not cover fetuses that are not viable,'' guilty as charged. This amendment does not address the fetus that is not viable.”