John Conyers: “today we are once again considering a deceptive, extreme, and a blatantly unconstitutional attempt to sensationalize the…”

“today we are once again considering a deceptive, extreme, and a blatantly unconstitutional attempt to sensationalize the abortion debate through heated rhetoric. If this bill passes today it will be the first time since the passage of Roe v. Wade that the Congress will steal the right of women and their families to decide matters of their own health care in consultation with their doctors. This is not just an issue of women's rights anymore--this is an issue of preserving the privacy of all Americans to keep the government out of their Doctor's office. Just three years ago, the Supreme Court decided Stenberg v. Carhart, in which the Court held unconstitutional a Nebraska statute banning so-called ``partial-birth'' abortions. The Court invalidated the Nebraska law for two independent reasons: (1) it did not contain an exception to protect the health of the woman, and (2) it placed an ``undue burden'' on a woman's right to choose by banning the most common type of 2nd-trimester abortion procedure. S. 3 shows complete disregard for the Count's decision in Stenberg and suffers from the same two constitutional defects.”