Political Quotes

“if there is one frivolous late-term abortion in America, in my book that is one too many. But this bill is a false promise for two reasons. First, it is clearly unconstitutional, since it has no health exception for the mother. Passing an unconstitutional bill will not save one child. That is a fact. Second, supporters of this bill have misled the American people to think the bill outlaws late-term abortions. It does not. The truth is, this bill focuses on prohibiting one type of late-term abortion while keeping perfectly legal other types of late-term abortion procedures. Let me state a fact that is going to surprise many Americans who have been misled regarding this bill. The truth is, this partial-birth abortion bill will allow late-term abortions to remain legal. Supporters of this bill have never really honestly answered this question. If they really believe a woman is a monster and wants to abort a late-term fetus for absolutely frivolous reasons, then why are Members just banning one procedure? That will just let her tell the doctor to use another procedure. They have not saved one child and they know it. Perhaps the real answer to that question, Mr. Speaker, lies in the statement of Ralph Reed, who said several years ago that this partial-birth abortion bill is a silver political bullet. This bill is about sound-bite politics and campaign attack ads, not saving babies.”