Chris Smith: “I would hope, as you indicated, that the dialogue would be of some meaning.”

Abortion is not healthcare unless one construes the life of an unborn child to be analogous to a tumor to be excised or a disease to be vanquished. I appeal to my colleagues: Don't ignore or trivialize the battered victim in the womb…

I would add that the gentlewoman's husband, Scott, is a tremendous leader and head of National Right to Life.

We must act now, and we must act decisively. The lives of so many lie in the balance.

It is long overdue for a comprehensive investigation and review, and I urge the HHS OIG to look closely to determine whether it has violated federal standards for federal funding recipients.