Jim Sensenbrenner: “But its limitations are beside the point. Because like the children it protects, Mr. Speaker, the Partial-Birth Abortion…”

“But its limitations are beside the point. Because like the children it protects, Mr. Speaker, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act may be small, but not insignificant. Make no mistake about it: our action today represents a big pivot in America's difficult answer to the abortion question. After a generation of bitter rhetoric, the American people have turned away from the divisive politics of abortion and embraced the inclusive politics of life.”