Elizabeth Furse: “I want to speak to the women of America: You are the ones that this bill will harm. Ask yourself this question. What…”

“I want to speak to the women of America: You are the ones that this bill will harm. Ask yourself this question. What will it be like if this bill passes? When you go to your doctor's office, who will make the medical decisions? Will you and your physician or will the politicians in this room make the decision? I want to tell my colleagues about somebody who went to her doctor's office with a terrible decision: Coreen Costello from California. They had a much-wanted pregnancy but they found that the fetus had become dreadfully damaged. What her physician said was, ``We want you to have this surgery because it will save your opportunity to have another child.'' They were opposed to abortion, this family, but this was a medical decision. They went ahead with the procedure. And just 2 years later, Coreen was delivered of a healthy baby. But let me tell you, make no mistake, women of America, that the next time, if this bill passes, that you go to your doctor's office, you will not get all the options. You will not get the best medical advice. You will get the advice of a great number of politicians. I am going to vote ``no'' on this bill. I am going to vote for women, I am going to vote for doctors, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.”