Chuck Schumer: “let me make it clear that without the Schumer amendment this bill does not help women. It would be the leading dagger in…”

“let me make it clear that without the Schumer amendment this bill does not help women. It would be the leading dagger in keeping a woman's right to choose. If women support this, why do 16 of the leading women's groups sign a letter saying vote against the bill without the Schumer amendment. Why would we allow those who committed such crimes as posting the Nuremberg files and virtually urging people to harm doctors to escape under the cloak of bankruptcy? We will go back to the days when 80 percent of the clinics are closed in America and a woman's right to choose is gone. Whatever you feel about the particulars of the bankruptcy bill--and I agree with the Senator from Massachusetts about that--whether you are pro-choice or pro-life, people ought not take the law into their own hands and then hide behind the cloak of bankruptcy. Members must vote no on this bill until the Schumer amendment is added back. It passed 80-20 originally on this floor.”