Political Quotes

“when this bill first came to the House floor, my wife was 8 months pregnant with our very first child. We were soon blessed to have a healthy baby who turned 9 months old yesterday. Our son is love of my wife's life and my life. He is the fulfillment of our hopes and dreams and prayers. Yesterday, I met another little child named Nicholas Stella. Because Nicholas was born within 8 days of our own child, I could understand the joy of his mother as he playfully strode across my office floor. Had this bill been law 2 years ago, Nicholas might not be alive today. As a new father, that is all the reason I need to vote to sustain this bill's veto. This bill is not about saving baby's lives; it is about politics in an election year. This bill risks the fertility and health of women in order to make a political statement in a 30-second TV ad or 8-second sound bite. What most citizens are not being told in America is that this bill will not outlaw late-term abortions; rather, it prohibits only one procedure that many physicians believe is needed to protect the health and fertility of a pregnant woman in tragic cases where her fetus has no chance of survival. All other late-term abortion procedures under this bill would be perfectly legal, even if those procedures pose a greater threat to a woman's health or fertility.”