Political Quotes

“They are focusing on legal arguments. The fact of the matter is we are one of three branches of Government. We can put forward things that we believe are constitutional. We can test what they are. I have seen a lot of decisions at the Supreme Court that have moved all over the place on this issue. It seems very clear to me that we are not providing an undue burden. We are here. We are eliminating one procedure that is not taught in any medical school, that has not been peer-reviewed, that has not been done in a hospital. It is done in clinics, and, in fact, was invented-- created--not by an obstetrician. Someone referred to earlier that Senator Frist and C. Everett Koop are two people who testified against this procedure. They are not obstetricians. That is true. But the person who invented this procedure is not an obstetrician, either. He was a family practitioner who did abortions. So the fact of the matter is that C. Everett Koop was a pediatric surgeon--someone who dealt with these little babies, who understands very well what damage is done to these little babies, and, in fact, what is available to save their lives.”