Jay Inslee: “let us be candid. This debate is all about preserving the woman's right of choice. It is about preserving a woman's…”

“let us be candid. This debate is all about preserving the woman's right of choice. It is about preserving a woman's right of choice at the beginning of this debate, it is about preserving a woman's right of choice at the middle of this debate, and at the conclusion of this debate, it will be all about preserving a woman's right of choice. The women of America who are afraid of losing that right sincerely, and rightfully so, understand this debate. They understand that if the desire of this Chamber is to punish, to give jail time, to give long periods of incarceration to any heinous criminal who attacks a pregnant woman, we would pass a bill that would do that with 435 votes, and the bill that the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren) has brought before us does exactly that. Now, why cannot intelligent members of this House, 435, come together on a bill that does exactly that? Why can we not design a bill like that? The reason is that certain folks who want to take away a woman's right of choice.”