John Conyers: “this is implied from the Federal court decision in Ohio that the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Canady] does not like on…”

“this is implied from the Federal court decision in Ohio that the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Canady] does not like on Roe versus Wade. The contention that H.R. 929 falls outside of the restriction of Roe because the fetus is ``almost'' born is fallacious on its face. The intact D&E procedure targeted by the bill, and by the way, D&E procedure is the correct term, the D&E procedure targeted by the bill falls within the general understanding of abortion. The definitions used in the bill and even the title of the bill, repeatedly utilize the term ``abortion.'' To attempt to assert that the abortion procedures covered by the bill are somehow exempt from the constitutional protections of Roe is to abandon legal credibility. Indeed any arguments to such effect have already been implicitly rejected by the Federal court in Ohio, which has found unconstitutional a State law ban on intact D&E procedures absent an adequate health exception.”