Political Quotes

“for the women in your life whose stories you don't even know, for the women across the country whose lives you may not even understand--the choices and the environments that they live in--and for the women in America who have gone through things some people can never even imagine, I ask my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this misguided bill. It is not that we are not trying to empower women who are making choices during their pregnancy. That is not it at all. Let's make sure that they are empowered with every tool, every resource, and every bit of information they deserve to make the choices they need to make about their lives, their bodies, and their pregnancies. This body should not determine what decisions they make for themselves. We talk about God. God gives us choice. God gives us choice to make the decisions that we believe are best for ourselves. We have no right to take those choices away from them. Mr. Speaker, I ask every colleague on the other side of the aisle--I have been there. I have had to make choices. Let's do the right thing and make sure that every woman has the full breadth of the ability to make the choices that she needs to make.”