Political Quotes

“Every time the Senator from California would bring up one of these cases, I will, unfortunately--Members on this side and maybe on the other side--have to tell the entire story about all these cases that the Senator from California would like to bring up, because, in fact, as was said earlier, there is no health or life reason to do this procedure. There is no reason. In fact, the Senator from Ohio, who I am going to yield to in a minute, will go through the case of Coreen Costello. We do not want to do this. I am sure Mrs. Costello went through some terrible things, but if the Senator from California is going to offer her up as a justification for this procedure, then the American public and the Members of the Senate have to know all the facts related to the procedure that was done and how she was misinformed about her alternatives. We have hundreds and hundreds of physicians, obstetricians, both pro-life, pro-choice, people who perform abortions, people who do not, who agree with that assessment of that.”