This notion that we can just have ideas that suggest that another group or another person is less than we are... is a failed notion.

The law is a reflection of our morality. It is the defined moral code of the United States of America.

None of us may judge the value of a human being.

It is time for us to take the next step and extend those protections against discrimination within the womb itself.

The facts cry out for action.

The 14th Amendment says, 'nor deny to any person the equal protection of the laws.'

They don't have a voice for themselves. They never had the opportunity to breathe free air.

But there is one glaring exception. We have overlooked unborn children and that life itself is the most foundational of all civil rights.

the very bedrock foundation principle that gave birth to America in the first place was the conviction that all human beings are children of God and created equal in his sight.

I truly hope that the debate and passage of this bill will call all Americans, in and outside of Congress, to an inward and heartfelt reflection upon the humanity of unborn children.

I believe that abortion is heartbreaking in any circumstance, but it is particularly so when a child is aborted on the basis of race or gender.