Chris Smith: “make no mistake about it, abortion is violence against children. The partial-birth method is an extraordinarily heinous…”

“make no mistake about it, abortion is violence against children. The partial-birth method is an extraordinarily heinous manifestation of this violence. Today those who kill babies by jamming scissors in a baby's skull followed by insertion of a hose to suck out their brains have an unfettered license to kill. Nurse Brenda Pratt Schaffer, who worked with the infamous Dr. Haskell, described the end of the life of one 6-month-old in this way, and I quote: ``The baby's body was moving. His little fingers were clasping together. He was kicking his feet. All the while his little head was still stuck inside. Dr. Haskell took a pair of scissors and inserted them into the back of the baby's head. Then he stuck the high-powered suction tube into the hole and sucked the baby's brains out. I almost threw up,'' she said, ``as I watched him do these things.'' To mitigate this cruelty, Mr. Speaker, this cruelty to children, some States, about 15, have already enacted partial-birth bans into law but litigation has mostly precluded enforcement. Other States are considering such a ban. And in Florida, Missouri, and my own State of New Jersey, where at least 1,500 of these partial-birth abortions are done each year in northern New Jersey alone, the bills were sadly vetoed by our Governors. Mr. Speaker, the United States needs a national law to ban this violence against kids. Today we can do that.…”