Political Quotes

“there is so much fantasy about this issue. The pro-abortion people shudder from using that term, and they use a euphemism, ``reproductive rights.'' They do not refer to the unborn baby in the womb, they refer to the ``products of conception.'' And when that unborn baby dies as a result of an abortion, by the way, they want to ``terminate'' a pregnancy. It is exterminate. That is what they want to do. And the ``choice,'' for pro-choice, they get the choice of a dead baby or a live baby. You can listen carefully, as I did, to the statements made by the opponents of this legislation, and you listen and strain your auditory nerves. You will not hear the word ``baby'' or ``child.'' That is the X factor. That is the missing element here. You will hear about the woman. You will hear about her difficulties, and well we should. But the baby is absolutely missing, although if you look through an ultrasonograph, a pregnant woman knows she has a little tiny member of the human family. And at what point does that tiny member of the human family get protected by the Equal Protection Clause and due process of our Constitution? No person shall be deprived of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, nor shall any person be deprived of equal protection of the law. When does that attach? When the baby is four-fifths born, as in this grotesque, gruesome process called partial-birth abortion?”