Chris Smith: “It is the people at this table that are making all the difference in the world, and the people that are incarcerated and…”

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…

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

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

This bill is going to lead to exploitation of minors, exploitation of children.