Political Quotes

“I have tremendous faith that this body, as a deliberative body, will listen to the facts and live up to its reputation as a body that, when presented with all the evidence, can judge not only about this procedure, which is important, but what the consequence are of this action on the future of the nation, on the future of a civilization. And so I ask Members, before they come down, to think and look inwardly as to their own conscience. Yes, to look outwardly around to this Chamber and remember that we have a standard to uphold and that today we are going to be making the decision about whether in this country it will be legal to allow a viable baby to be delivered outside of the mother and then killed inches before its first breath. I have asked the question of almost every person who spoke on this issue opposing my position: What would be the case if the baby's head was to, for some reason, slip out? Would the doctor and the mother then have the right, the choice to kill that baby? No one has ever answered that question.”