Political Quotes

“if it were not so tragic, it would be amusing. The wordsmiths on the other side use euphemisms like reproductive rights when they are talking about abortion. Why do they not call it abortion? Let us be intellectually honest. Or is there something unpleasant about that word? There is nothing reproductive about killing an unborn child. The gentlewoman wants to elevate reproductive health clinics, anything but what she really means, which is abortion clinics, or abortion mills. She wants to elevate that to a very special place where the bill, the block grant program, will specify they get special protection. Now, I am not against abortion clinics getting protection by the police if they reasonably expect violence or a threat to safety. I say that clearly. The gentleman from Missouri may not agree with me, but threats to safety; it is the business of government to protect people from threats to safety. So I have no problem with that. What I have a problem with is elevating abortion clinics to a special status over other places where an awful lot of killing really goes on.”