Jim Sensenbrenner: “I agree we ought to talk about abortion when an abortion bill comes up. The other side of the aisle is bringing up the…”

“I agree we ought to talk about abortion when an abortion bill comes up. The other side of the aisle is bringing up the issue of abortion. This has become an abortion debate because the other side of the aisle has made it such. They are so extreme and so afraid that they would lose their right to have an abortion, that they would even deny those unborn children that are killed by crime the rights that are due every other citizen in this country. Members should support this bill and oppose the Lofgren amendment because it fails to acknowledge when unborn children are killed, they have been murdered. Life and death should not be subsumed beneath some semantic fog. It is time that our society begin recognizing and defending both victims who are harmed when violent criminals attack pregnant women. Those who would artificially discriminate between lives lost to crime within and outside the womb draw empty and callous distinctions. All life is precious. Society must protect every victim of crime. Current Federal law devalues and denies significance to unborn children.”