Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the majority leader. Mr. McCARTHY. Madam Speaker, last week, the Judiciary Committee heard testimony from people who had survived abortions. They spoke as part of the House's ongoing investigation into the practices depicted in the horrific videos that we have all seen. One of these people who spoke was Gianna Jessen. She told the committee that, when her biological mother was 7\1/2\ months pregnant, she went to Planned Parenthood, where they advised her mother to have an abortion. That is what her mother did. By a miracle--and despite the best efforts to end her life--Gianna was born alive; and because she was born before the abortionist had gotten into work, a nurse called an ambulance. Gianna was rushed to the hospital--and she lived--though she suffers from cerebral palsy because of the attempted abortion. There are so many others who aren't as lucky as Gianna. The Born- Alive Survivors Protection Act--that is what we are voting on today-- will help save the lives of those children. It would impose criminal penalties on any medical professional who fails to give the same medical attention to children born after an abortion as they would to any other premature newborn baby. The simple fact is that, when a baby is born alive, it doesn't matter how he or she was born. They are living human beings who deserve our care.…”