Timothy Roemer: “this a very difficult issue. It is difficult for Members of Congress, it is difficult for America, it traumatizes most…”

“this a very difficult issue. It is difficult for Members of Congress, it is difficult for America, it traumatizes most people to debate this issue. I would hope that we could do it in a civil manner, in an intelligent manner, and in a bipartisan manner, because if we ban this particular procedure, I think we are doing what is right to bring down the number of abortions in this country that I think both sides want to accomplish. Mr. Speaker, I know that this is difficult because many of my colleagues tell me that they are not doctors. Mr. Speaker, we are asked every day in this body to be scientists, to vote on the hydrogen program; to be road experts, and vote for ISTEA programs for construction; to be gun experts and decide whether to ban an AK-47. Today we must vote on this particular issue. I would hope my colleagues, Democrat and Republican, conservative and liberal, would vote to ban this brutal, gruesome, and inhumane procedure.”