Political Quotes

“I reclaim my time. I would like an answer. If I can, let me restate the question again, based on the information that has been read here and the facts that have been provided. You have the former Surgeon General of the United States who says this procedure is never medically necessary. You have an article that I will be reading from later, from a series, a group of gynecologists and obstetricians that say partial-birth abortion is bad medicine. You have some organizations who support--I think the American College of Gynecologists opposes the legislation, but not because they support partial-birth abortions. They do not recognize that as proper medical procedure. They do not like any criminalization of anything. They do not like to have doctors be subject to any kind of criminal complaints. That is why they are opposed to it. That is what they said in their letter to Congress. We should focus on the question. The fact of the matter is, we have sufficient evidence here that these are not medically necessary abortions. They are not to save the life of the mother. In fact, we have a provision in our bill, as the Senator knows, to make an exception for the life of the mother. They are not medically necessary. It is for the health of the mother. You have physician after physician after physician saying so. So talk about the facts. I ask this question--and I know the Senator would like to give a long answer and give a speech--but see if you can answer the question very succinctly.”