Political Quotes

“I have voted for the ban on partial-birth abortion at every other point when it has come up. We are talking about a procedure that represents less than one-fifth of 1 percent of the abortions that are performed in this country. Every one of us wants abortions to be rare; none of us favor abortion. We would love to see not just the issue taken off the floor, but that option taken off the table so that every family could have a healthy baby and every mother could continue to live a full life. I am changing my vote, and I could suggest it is for legalistic intellectual reasons. I could cite the Stenberg v. Carhart decision in Nebraska where the so-called partial-birth abortion law was struck down. The Supreme Court has already deemed it unconstitutional. But my decision is not coming from the mind as much as the heart. It is because I have talked to too many families I know that I represent.”