Bob Wise: “like most Americans, I wrestle with this issue more than any other. It hits in every possible way, moral, physical. It…”

“like most Americans, I wrestle with this issue more than any other. It hits in every possible way, moral, physical. It is a gut-wrenching issue. Like most Americans, I oppose late-term abortion. Like most Americans, I would support late-term abortion only to save the life of the mother or to protect her health, to protect her from serious health endangerment. This legislation does not do this. This legislation does not seek to protect the health of the mother. If people wanted to truly ban late-term abortions, we would not ban one procedure, we would ban all late-term abortions, which I have voted for, except to save the life of the mother or to protect her from serious health risks. Mr. Speaker, agonizing about this, I called three physicians across the country, three ob/gyn's. I respect the opinion of the gentleman from Oklahoma. They do not agree with him. That is a fair statement that there is not agreement on this. But those three ob/gyn's who have done a wide range of deliveries, who each of them have been delivering babies at least 23 years, all of them said that this procedure in limited circumstances was necessary.”