Bill Delahunt: “Mr. Speaker, the supporters of this measure are so determined to end safe and legal abortion in this country, no matter…”

“Mr. Speaker, the supporters of this measure are so determined to end safe and legal abortion in this country, no matter what the procedure, that they are unwilling to consider reasonable amendments that would protect the health and life of the woman and also would ensure the constitutionality of the underlying bill. We will vote shortly to reject the Greenwood-Hoyer-Johnson amendment, which would permit the particular medical procedure banned by the bill if the physician determines that it is necessary to spare the woman from serious adverse health consequences. This rule should be defeated, Mr. Speaker, because without the language that I just enumerated, this bill can put women at risk and threaten their daughters with prosecution if they care for them in the way they determine to be medically safe and sound.”