Political Quotes

“this amendment is to end insurance discrimination against women and improve awareness and understanding of emergency contraception, ensure that rape victims have information about and access to emergency contraception, and promote healthy pregnancies of babies by allowing States to expand coverage for prenatal and postpartum care. That is what this amendment is. The debate that has been going on in the last few minutes has nothing to do with the amendment offered by the Senators from Washington and Nevada. As I mentioned earlier today, the abortion debate has been a divisive one for our Nation for many years. We recognize the issue is not going to go away soon, but there is a need--and I thought we had an opportunity, and I hope we still do--to find common ground and to take steps toward a goal I hope we all share: Reducing the number of unintended pregnancies in America and reducing the number of abortions. We put forth a good-faith effort to find common ground by offering commonsense solutions in our amendment.”