Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we must reject this conference report and allow families in the developing world to plan their families just as we insist upon planning our own. How many times are we going to have to scrub this bill of abortion to allow impoverished women and families life-saving funds for family planning? Do we care about life? We have taken care of the life of the fetus in this bill because there is not one dime for abortion. It is time to move on to care about millions of children in Africa and in South America and in Asia. Do we care about life? Then care about family planning, the most important and effective tool against abortion. Do we care about life? Then care about the 20 children and the one pregnant woman who lose their lives per day in the developing countries for lack of family planning. Do we care about life? Then care about the 25 percent of women who lose their lives in childbirth because they have no family planning. Do we care about life? Then care about sparing the lives of millions of children who are twice as likely to lose their lives before their first birthday because they are spaced less than 2 years apart because of lack of family planning. First care about life, millions of these lives, and then care about the freedom to speak and to petition your government. We do nothing in this Chamber but talk and listen to our constituents talk.”