W. Todd Akin: “America does not have many home grown terrorists, and that is because we have a first amendment. Unfortunately this bill…”

“America does not have many home grown terrorists, and that is because we have a first amendment. Unfortunately this bill before us does terrible damage to the first amendment that our forefathers and all of us have stood so bravely for in the past. In summary, a Harvard law professor says that this is the financial death sentence for peaceful protestors. I recall so many years ago on a cold street standing with a sign and I recall this woman that was going in to consider getting an abortion or not, and I felt completely inadequate but I told her that we would help her with services if she decided to keep her child. Today that child is probably now trying to practice to get a driver's license. I can never support a rule or a bill on this floor which would have effectively imposed a financial death sentence on somebody who is merely standing on a sidewalk trying to help save a life.”