Political Quotes

“But interviews with physicians who use the method reveal that in New Jersey alone, at least 1,500 partial-birth abortions are performed each year--three times the supposed national rate. Moreover, doctors say only a ``minuscule amount'' are for medical reasons. What are we talking about here? We are talking about abortions performed--I know this is an uncomfortable topic for many people to listen to, and I am sure some people are tuning out and turning off. But this is going on in this country. We have an obligation to face up to who we are and what we are doing here, and not turn our backs because it is just not proper dinner conversation. We are performing abortions in this country on babies, fully formed babies in their third trimester, and viable babies who are in the late second. I am talking about 22, 23, 24 weeks, the second trimester.”