Chris Smith: “Mr. Chairman, the national debate on partial birth abortion has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that abortion is…”

“Mr. Chairman, the national debate on partial birth abortion has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that abortion is violence against children. Most Americans and I believe most Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, Democrats, Republican, liberals, conservatives and moderates, were shocked and dismayed and frankly very saddened to learn that partial birth abortions were routine and commonplace and that it was completely legal to partially deliver a baby, shove a scissors into the back of that baby's head, and then hook up a hose to suction out that baby's brain. That is the reality of what choice is all about. I think it is about time, Mr. Chairman, we connected the dots about the violence of abortion. The other methods are no less heinous. They kill children. They are no less violent. This is child abuse. And that collective denial that we as a country have engaged in for so many years needs to be put away. Mr. Chairman, abortion methods dismember children. Razor blade tipped suction devices 20 to 30 times more powerful than the average household vacuum cleaner, after the child's arms and legs and torso and head has been decapitated, turn on the suction machine and the baby is literally turned into a bloody pulp. This is the uncensored reality of what choice is all about.”