Political Quotes

“I rise today with great anticipation that our Nation is nearing the end of a tragic chapter in our American history, one in which the most helpless among us are vulnerable to the most heinous crimes. I believe that, with the passage of the partial-birth abortion ban, we will look back and remember this day as the day that America began to find its way back to its conscience. Today we will hear people talking about choice when they know this bill is not about choice. We will hear about them talk about abortion, and this bill is really not about abortion. This bill substantively is about one procedure, one procedure that is so painful to an unborn baby that even the most extreme proponent of abortion has to look at it and say it shocks even their conscience. This bill is simply about preventing egregious and unnecessary pain to an unborn child. Or if Members want to pick a different nomenclature, a fetus. While everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, people are not entitled to their own facts. On partial-birth abortion, the facts are out. The facts are clear. Partial-birth abortion is never really medically necessary. Partial-birth abortion is not a rare procedure. It happens many times, and it is not limited to mothers or babies who are in danger. It is performed on healthy women and healthy babies, and that is what the facts are.”