Political Quotes

“I commend him for coming forward and expressing his views. We don't agree, but as is appropriate here in the U.S. Senate, we can disagree without being disagreeable. I respect his right to articulate his viewpoints. With respect to the letter from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that the Senator from Illinois read, they did say they: . . . could identify no circumstances under which this procedure would be the only option to save the life or preserve the health of a woman. And they do go on to say: . . . however, [it] may be the best or most appropriate procedure in a particular circumstance to save the life or preserve the health of the woman. However, no specific examples or circumstances under which an intact D&X would be the most appropriate procedure are given. In fact, they have never been given. They have never put forward any procedure, any circumstance in which they say it may be, but they have never given any hypothetical where it says it would be. That is somewhat troubling, to sort of hang your hat on a possibility when the very organization you are hanging your hat on refuses to give a possibility of whether it meets their definition.”