Political Quotes

“I strongly support the override of the veto. This is not an issue of choice, of privacy, of not even medical necessity. This bill provides that we will abolish this very gruesome procedure, we have all seen pictures of it today, but it still allows the exception that if the mother's life is at issue and if there is no other procedure available, it can be done under those circumstances. So this is not even an issue of medical necessity. This is an issue that says ``no'' to this type of terrible procedure. We are a country, and we are debating this issue. I cannot believe we are standing here. We are a country that spends years of due process on convicted killers, murderers who commit the most heinous of crimes, and we would not dare think about executing those types of people by this gruesome procedure. Yet we are talking on this floor today about maintaining the legality of this type of terrible procedure when there are alternatives available. I just cannot believe that. Is this an upside-down world or is it not?”