Political Quotes

“I want to thank Mr. Smith for his leadership in this effort for so many decades. Mr. Speaker, we spend millions of dollars every year in this Nation-- in fact, in some cases, billions of dollars--providing healthcare for Americans, feeding Americans, providing housing for Americans, and educating Americans. We do that, Mr. Speaker, because we value life. We value these lives, and so we spend billions and billions of dollars ensuring that there are opportunities for these folks, ensuring that we are protecting these lives and we are doing everything we can to provide a pathway to prosperity, to make sure that these people are healed from their ailments, to make sure that they have shelter, and to make sure that they have food. Mr. Speaker, under current law, if someone causes a fetus to die, that is a crime in this country. That is a crime. They can be charged for the murder of the mother, and they can be charged for the murder of the fetus. {time} 1945 But there is one exception in the law, and that is an abortion. I don't understand how in this country we can, on the one hand, say that these lives are so valuable and we are going to spend all these resources on healthcare and many other issues in people's lives because they have so much value to us as Americans. I don't understand how we can charge someone criminally if a fetus is killed through some type of crime, yet we provide an exemption or an exception for abortion.…”