Political Quotes

“this afternoon, we are going to vote on the simplest bill in the history of the U.S. Senate. It is the simplest bill we have ever considered here. It says that if a newborn baby survives an abortion, she deserves medical care. That is the bill. That is it. Sadly, a lot of Senators are going to come to the floor, and they are going to read or they are planning to read--I hope they will reconsider--but they are planning to read talking points that were written for them by Planned Parenthood, and they are going to talk about a whole bunch of stuff that doesn't have anything to do with the bill we actually have before us. Senators are going to muddy the issue, and, sadly, too many in the press are going to report with headlines like ``Abortion Restrictions'' and with anti-science jargon like ``A Fetus That Was Born.'' That was an actual portion of the headline this morning: ``A Fetus That Was Born.'' Sadly, a lot of folks seem determined to look the other way. Looking the other way from the issue that we are considering today in this body shouldn't be an option, so let's start with four straight, undeniable facts--four simple facts. First, Federal law does not criminalize the denial of care to newborn babies who survive abortions. Federal law doesn't criminalize the denial of care to babies who survive abortions. Second, we know that babies sometimes survive abortions, and the data backs that up.…”