Lindsey Graham: “this has been a spirited debate, a lively debate. I think it is good for the country to have this debate. I hate to…”

“this has been a spirited debate, a lively debate. I think it is good for the country to have this debate. I hate to interrupt good stories with facts and law, but I guess I will. I am going to go red herring fishing. That is a hard thing to catch; but when one catches it, they have something. A couple of red herrings that I think have been thrown out here about the bill: this is an abortion bill. If this is an abortion bill, it is one of the worst-drafted abortion bills one could think of. It does a lousy job, and let me read from the bill: ``Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the prosecution of any person for conduct relating to an abortion, for which the consent of the pregnant woman or person authorized by law to act on her behalf has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law.'' If we are trying to outlaw abortions, we did a pretty lousy job in that paragraph. ``Nothing in this section shall allow the prosecution of any person for medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or of any woman with respect to her unborn child.'' Why is that language in there? The purpose of this bill is very simple: Once the woman chooses to have the child and someone takes that child away from her through an assault or an act of violence, we want to put them in jail for the damage done to the unborn child.”