Bob Wise: “abortion is a tough debate under any circumstances, and an emotional one. But I think the reason I oppose this rule and…”

“abortion is a tough debate under any circumstances, and an emotional one. But I think the reason I oppose this rule and oppose this measure is because in this one this debate is wrongly directed. This is not an issue about whether or not a woman should have a right to choose or what state a fetus is viable or when life begins. The tragic situation in this case is that overwhelmingly the women affected do not want an abortion. They wanted to have this child. But it is being performed in the last trimester because of medical necessities. There are less than 500 of these procedures performed a year. And, yes, what are some of the situations? This has been a pretty graphic debate. Some of the situations, such as brains that have developed outside the fetus's skull, a situation where the woman's health, the mother's health is significantly endangered, once again, this woman, this couple having their child, want to have this child in the overwhelming number of cases I have been able to find, yet they are not able to. They find this out in the last trimester.”