Political Quotes

“as a cosponsor of H.R. 760, I rise in strong support of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. By passing this legislation we will once again take a step towards banning the truly horrifying practice whereby an innocent life is taken in a most gruesome way. During this procedure, which is used in second and third trimester abortions, the infant's body is delivered, leaving only the head in the womb. At that point the abortionist pieces the back of the infant's skull with a sharp instrument and then proceeds to vacuum out the infant's brain tissue, thus collapsing the skull, allowing the now-dead infant's body to be extracted. This legislation makes it a federal crime for a physician, in or affecting interstate commerce, to perform a so-called partial birth abortion, unless it is necessary to save the life of the mother. Under H.R. 760, anyone who knowingly preforms a partial-birth abortion would be subject to fines and up to two years in prison.”