Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, what is unconscionable is the callous disregard for unborn babies that has been exhibited for far too long in our culture and which has been brought home to us full force by these videos that we have seen. Mr. Speaker, the organizations and providers to be investigated by this select panel maintain a culture with a callous disregard for life. Recently, a series of undercover videos have exposed in horrifying detail what Planned Parenthood values. They show the organization's leaders admitting to haggling over the prices for the limbs and organs of aborted children; callously recounting the harvesting of a brain from a fully intact, aborted child; admitting that clinics collect ``specimens'' without informed consent and that abortionists will alter the procedure to keep intact in-demand organs. These videos make clear that neither women's health nor the well- being of their tiny victims will stand between Planned Parenthood and profit. Since the release of these videos, the big money behind the pro- abortion political machine has kicked into high gear to obfuscate what services organizations like Planned Parenthood truly provide. We hear about breast cancer screenings, but not a single Planned Parenthood clinic has a mammogram machine. We have heard repeatedly that abortions account for only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood services.…”