Political Quotes

“Partial-birth abortion is the termination of the life of a living baby just seconds before it takes its first breath outside the womb. The procedure is violent, it is gruesome, it is horrific, it is barbaric, it is infanticide. Proponents of this procedure will tell you a different story today. They want you to believe it is about politics or ideology. They will do anything to divert attention from the cold, hard facts about partial-birth abortion. I want to remind everybody that we have seen these same tactics for many years and that the misinformation touted by the abortion lobby was exposed as blatant propaganda back in 1997. We might recall that the executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers admitted that he, quote, ``lied through his teeth when he stated that partial-birth abortions were rarely performed.'' He went on to say that the procedure is most often performed on healthy mothers who are about 5 months pregnant with healthy fetuses. So as we debate this compassionate bill today, I ask that you remember the truth: Partial-birth abortion remains an untested, unproven and dangerous procedure that has never been embraced by the mainstream medical community.”