Political Quotes

“I have the deepest personal respect for those whose religion or other personal conviction causes them to take a different view than I have on the question of abortion. But my respect does not go so far as to suggest that I believe they ought to be able to impose their religious views on this issue on someone who does not share those views. Further, I think personally of my own experience as a father. With my wife of 29 years, we have raised two wonderful daughters. And it is troubling to think that there would be a time in a crisis, including a crisis involving an unwanted pregnancy, when they would not want to come to one of us and discuss this matter. And yet, I know that this piece of legislation is not about strengthening family ties, because the whole difference of opinion that I have with those who feel so strongly on this abortion question is that the Federal Government and the Members of this House cannot replace broken family ties or the inability of families to communicate. This piece of legislation does not concern strengthening families, it concerns advancing an agenda of the most fanatical people with reference to this question of invading personal choice. If we read what they have written, the fanatics on this issue, we will find that they believe that in this country their ultimate goal is to make it a criminal offence, they view it as murder, for anyone at any time after conception to have an abortion.”