John Hope Bryant: “I do want to emphasize what she said in her opening statement; that this is certainly a bill that, I believe regardless…”

“I do want to emphasize what she said in her opening statement; that this is certainly a bill that, I believe regardless of whether we might be pro-choice or pro-life, we can support. Because what we are talking about here in the underlying bill, and certainly I support this rule that we are talking about right now, is a law that would protect not only the mother of the child but also that unborn child. Just imagine, my colleagues, the horrible scene where a woman, who might be 4 or 5 months pregnant, is attacked by her husband, and who shot her five times as she sat in the car, killing both the mother and the unborn child in this particular instance. That gruesome scene actually happened to a woman in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a sad commentary on our society when someone takes the life of a pregnant woman as well as her unborn child and does not face any type of retribution or punishment or even deterrent for taking the life of that unborn child. This bill is especially important for those women who suffer from domestic abuse and the amount of violence they endure despite carrying a child.”