Steve Largent: “on this floor we debate and deal with many issues that are very complex. This is not one of them. I truly believe in my…”

“on this floor we debate and deal with many issues that are very complex. This is not one of them. I truly believe in my heart that my colleagues can be the most pro-choice Members of this body and vote for this legislation. In fact, I find it unconscionable that anybody could not support this issue. Medical technology today is amazing. I remember when my wife and I were having four children of our own. We could go into the doctor, and we looked forward to the day when we could go in and listen to the child's heartbeat. Today couples can see the child through the sonograms and all the technology that we have today. The real issue that this bill deals with is loss. The question is, and I think it is the fundamental question that this bill addresses: is there a loss? If we were to go to that young soon-to-be-father or mother and ask them, when they have been victims of violence and they have lost that child that they have seen and possibly even named, that they know the sex of, that they can see sucking its thumb, kicking, so on and so forth, if we ask them, has there been a loss, the answer is yes. Support H.R. 2436.”