"the exercise of political power doesn't alter scientific fact."
"the minority has been limited to one witness only demonstrates just what a farce these hearings are."
"the exclusion of Delegate Norton, who is relegated to sitting in the audience today--and I want to welcome her and apologize for the rudeness my Republican colleagues are showing a colleague by refusi..."
"just because we have the power to impose our will on people who have no voice does not make it right or moral."
"never in my 20 years as a Member of this body have I seen a colleague treated so contemptuously."
"Are we really going to take sides in this scientific debate by jailing and bankrupting people who don't agree, or actually agree with the majority of the scientific community?"
"The bill is facially unconstitutional."
"And we have no authority to ban abortion without a health exception, not just the life exception for the mother, which this bill does."
"That is just wrong. We hear a lot of rhetoric about freedom, but here we are telling women they have no freedom to make their own decisions."
"It is wrong to impose a choice on us when legislation affects a specific district."
"If this bill had been law when you had to face your ordeal, your doctor would have had to risk jail and a lawsuit to provide you with the medical services that you required."
"The idea that you cannot have a conversation with your doctor who knows you... suddenly becomes criminal, to me, is just beyond belief."