Marsha Blackburn: “This is about respect for life, our's and those in other countries. I commend the gentleman on the amendment, and I do…”

“This is about respect for life, our's and those in other countries. I commend the gentleman on the amendment, and I do rise in support of this amendment and of the Mexico City Policy and making certain that we pass the Smith-Stupak amendment. It will strike the language that would undermine that policy. It is not going to take away the $441 million for family planning. It is going to put a bright line of separation between abortion and family planning. The U.S. should not be in the business of exporting abortion overseas. It has been a tragedy for women here in the U.S., and it will carry the same hurt, it will carry the same trauma if it is used abroad. So I commend the gentleman for his amendment. I rise in support.”