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[00:00:06] all right welcome everybody it's a full [00:00:08] room senator graham said the air [00:00:09] conditioner must be broken didn't pay [00:00:11] the bill [00:00:12] but thank you for joining us i'm the m.c [00:00:15] not the one in charge senator graham is [00:00:17] that [00:00:18] and he has some important things to say [00:00:20] about the bill that you have just [00:00:22] hopefully read at least some of it to [00:00:23] get the gist he'll tell you more [00:00:25] i want to thank you senator graham for [00:00:27] being the human being that you are [00:00:29] looking out for the little guys [00:00:31] after senator graham um speaks [00:00:33] i'll say a couple of things then carol [00:00:35] tobias at national right to life [00:00:38] catherine foster at americans united for [00:00:40] life jeannie mancini march for life star [00:00:44] parker urban cure and penny nats concern [00:00:47] women for america [00:00:48] and then senator graham will [00:00:51] answer questions from reporters [00:00:56] thank you all [00:01:01] welcome ladies [00:01:04] so this makes me look better already um [00:01:07] so [00:01:09] we're trending in the right direction uh [00:01:12] i just went from a big tech hearing to [00:01:14] little babies that's what i like about [00:01:15] my job what do you do about twitter what [00:01:17] do you do about the unborn that's why i [00:01:19] like the job so much so here's what i [00:01:21] think we will be doing about the unborn [00:01:24] we will introduce legislation i along [00:01:27] with a lot of my colleagues [00:01:29] uh to basically [00:01:31] get america in a position at the federal [00:01:33] level i think is fairly consistent with [00:01:36] the rest of the world can we [00:01:40] we have charts [00:01:41] it shows you how serious we are [00:01:44] all right [00:01:45] 15 weeks [00:01:47] a baby's at the 15-week period [00:01:49] what does that mean well it means if [00:01:51] you're gonna operate on the baby which [00:01:53] happens to save the child's life [00:01:56] to provide medical treatment the [00:01:57] standard practice in medicine is to [00:02:00] provide anesthesia [00:02:01] now why would you do that [00:02:03] you provide anesthesia because the [00:02:05] science tells us that the 15-week period [00:02:08] the nerve endings of the baby are pretty [00:02:10] well developed in the pile and the child [00:02:12] feels pain [00:02:13] so here's our point that if you have to [00:02:16] provide anesthesia to keep the baby from [00:02:19] feeling pain to help save its life [00:02:21] should we as a nation be aborting babies [00:02:23] that can feel excruciating pain from an [00:02:25] abortion [00:02:27] here's what i think then i think we [00:02:30] should have a law at the federal level [00:02:33] that would say after 15 weeks [00:02:36] no abortion on demand [00:02:38] except in cases of rape incest to save [00:02:41] the life of the mother [00:02:43] and that should be [00:02:44] where america is at [00:02:46] and what would that mean if we adopted [00:02:49] that position the next chart [00:02:51] for the chart people [00:02:55] if we adopted my bill our bill [00:03:00] we would be [00:03:02] in the mainstream of most everybody else [00:03:06] in the world [00:03:08] i think there are 47 of the 50 european [00:03:11] countries [00:03:12] have a ban on abortion [00:03:14] from 12 to 15 weeks [00:03:17] and [00:03:18] i picked 15 weeks which is a little [00:03:21] longer than [00:03:22] belgium germany and spain [00:03:24] longer than france denmark and norway [00:03:27] now why did i do that because i feel [00:03:29] comfortable at 15 weeks the science [00:03:32] tells us [00:03:33] that the nerve endings are developed to [00:03:35] the point [00:03:36] that the unborn child feels pain [00:03:39] so the theory of the case here is not to [00:03:41] be like europe so much [00:03:43] is to have a standard in america that [00:03:46] would prohibit abortions [00:03:48] during the birthing process at a stage [00:03:50] where it's pretty clear [00:03:52] from the science [00:03:53] and most of the world this should be a [00:03:56] no-go [00:03:57] unless there's some extraordinary reason [00:04:01] so we will be introducing this bill [00:04:04] as of like right now [00:04:08] people will join [00:04:10] i hope it will be bipartisan [00:04:12] and we will have a debate if we're [00:04:14] allowed to bring it up as to why we're [00:04:17] doing what we're doing [00:04:18] uh abortion is a contentious issue [00:04:21] uh post jobs uh [00:04:24] america's gotta make some decisions [00:04:26] and the first thing i would say about [00:04:29] the dobbs decision is that abortion's [00:04:31] not banned in america it's left up to [00:04:33] elected officials in america to define [00:04:36] the issue [00:04:37] you have states have the ability to do [00:04:38] at the state level [00:04:40] and we have the ability in washington to [00:04:42] speak on this issue if we choose [00:04:45] i have chosen to speak [00:04:47] i've chosen to [00:04:49] to craft legislation that i think is [00:04:51] emily reasonable [00:04:53] in the eyes of the world and i hope the [00:04:56] american people at 15 weeks [00:04:59] pretty much [00:05:00] strong majority of americans believe [00:05:03] abortion should be the exception not the [00:05:05] rule [00:05:07] now [00:05:09] my bill follows my democratic colleagues [00:05:11] attempt to define abortion at the [00:05:14] federal level [00:05:15] so right after the repeal of roe v wade [00:05:18] my democratic colleagues introduced [00:05:20] legislation [00:05:22] in washington [00:05:23] to create a national standard [00:05:26] they have every right to do so [00:05:28] so they chose to do that [00:05:31] and here's what they chose [00:05:35] they chose a bill that allows late-term [00:05:39] abortion [00:05:40] virtually up to the point of birth [00:05:44] they chose a bill that would repeal at [00:05:46] the state level [00:05:47] virtually all pro-life protections [00:05:49] passed at stable [00:05:51] state level [00:05:52] they chose a bill that would not put us [00:05:54] in the mainstream of the world [00:05:57] but put us in a group of seven nations [00:05:59] that allow abortion on demand [00:06:01] pretty much up to the point of birth [00:06:02] like north korea [00:06:04] iran and a few others [00:06:08] about 10 percent of americans [00:06:10] support [00:06:12] abortion [00:06:13] late-term abortion [00:06:15] like the democratic bill [00:06:17] so [00:06:18] my legislation our legislation is a [00:06:21] counter to their proposal [00:06:23] i hope we get to debate on it and vote [00:06:26] on it [00:06:27] they had a chance to vote on their bill [00:06:29] i'm asking for a chance to vote on my [00:06:31] bill [00:06:32] and i'm hoping that the more we talk [00:06:35] about this issue and what we're trying [00:06:36] to accomplish at the federal level [00:06:39] we can rally the public nationally [00:06:42] to put our country in better standing [00:06:44] to realize that there's no real we're [00:06:47] not a better nation here [00:06:48] aborting babies at 15 weeks who can feel [00:06:51] excruciating pain unless there's a real [00:06:54] extreme exception [00:06:56] that we would be [00:06:58] in the company of most civilized nations [00:07:01] would get out of the club of seven [00:07:03] like our democrat colleagues would put [00:07:05] us into [00:07:06] so we're going to have an election in [00:07:08] 2022 [00:07:09] the inflation report today was uh in my [00:07:12] view bad news for the american consumer [00:07:14] because inflation is not getting better [00:07:16] anytime soon and in fact it's going to [00:07:19] get worse crime is on the rise we have a [00:07:22] broken border [00:07:23] but having said all that [00:07:25] the abortion issue in america [00:07:28] has always been part of our political [00:07:30] discourse [00:07:31] it will continue to be [00:07:33] and this is my position [00:07:36] at the federal level that we should [00:07:38] reject [00:07:39] the most radical [00:07:41] bill i've ever seen [00:07:43] introduced by senator schumer and his [00:07:44] colleagues that will allow abortion up [00:07:47] to the moment of birth [00:07:49] that is extreme in every fashion [00:07:53] and we should be talking about [00:07:55] legislation for the nation as a whole [00:07:58] that would put us in line with the [00:08:00] science [00:08:01] in the civilized world [00:08:04] so i look forward to the debate i look [00:08:06] forward to the vote [00:08:08] if we take back the house and the senate [00:08:10] i can assure you we'll have a vote on [00:08:12] our bill [00:08:13] if the democrats are in charge i don't [00:08:15] know if we'll ever ever vote on our bill [00:08:18] thank you and i'll turn it back over [00:08:22] thank you senator graham [00:08:24] um so for 50 years [00:08:27] we have been fighting [00:08:29] for the moment that we could allow the [00:08:31] will of the people of this nation state [00:08:33] by state and on the federal level to [00:08:36] make its way into the law on this issue [00:08:38] that has divided us for 50 years [00:08:40] polarized our politics has made [00:08:43] consensus building impossible and so [00:08:45] when we begin june 24th [00:08:48] of this year was the first day [00:08:50] of building that consensus europe had [00:08:52] that privilege every nation state had [00:08:55] that privilege that we did not have and [00:08:57] it took them a while to land where they [00:08:59] are at a civilized place we are just [00:09:02] beginning now [00:09:03] therefore it shouldn't be too surprising [00:09:05] that there's a lot of vitriol a lot of [00:09:07] anger a lot of lying [00:09:10] to obfuscate the reality of this [00:09:13] contrast that senator graham just [00:09:14] communicated but there's one thing is [00:09:16] very clear and that is that our [00:09:19] opponents in senate battlegrounds and [00:09:21] hospital battle battle grounds and the [00:09:24] democratic leadership of this body is [00:09:26] not interested at all in consensus [00:09:29] they are not interested in the [00:09:30] democratic process they are interested [00:09:33] in imposing one view a 10 [00:09:36] view [00:09:36] on the rest of the country and once [00:09:38] again [00:09:39] wiping laws off the books that are [00:09:41] beginning to build that consensus in [00:09:43] states [00:09:44] uh so [00:09:46] if you're a pro-american or you're [00:09:47] pro-democracy then you gotta be for [00:09:49] allowing the will of the people to make [00:09:51] its way into the law 75 percent of women [00:09:53] according to the harvard harris poll [00:09:55] recently [00:09:56] uh support this bill [00:09:58] so this idea that somehow women's rights [00:10:01] demand a hundred percent abortion up [00:10:03] into the end denying the instinct of [00:10:05] mothers [00:10:06] and the instinct of any civilized [00:10:08] society uh is just plain wrong it's [00:10:11] women's rights can never be built on the [00:10:13] broken rights of other people so 75 [00:10:16] sounds about right in this country thank [00:10:18] you and next is carol tobias [00:10:22] great places [00:10:25] thank you marjorie [00:10:27] i am carol tobias i'm the president of [00:10:29] the national right to life committee and [00:10:31] i am here to express our strong support [00:10:34] for the protecting pain-capable unborn [00:10:36] children from late-term abortions act [00:10:38] and we commend senator lindsey graham [00:10:40] and congressman chris smith for [00:10:42] reintroducing this legislation [00:10:45] this bill very reasonable bill would [00:10:48] protect unborn children at 15 weeks a [00:10:51] point which science shows that the [00:10:53] unborn child is capable of feeling great [00:10:56] pain when killed by dismemberment or [00:10:58] other late abortion methods [00:11:00] it stands in stark contrast to the [00:11:02] democrat support of radical legislation [00:11:04] like the so-called women's health [00:11:06] protection act [00:11:08] the whpa would establish abortion on [00:11:10] demand with no limits throughout [00:11:12] pregnancy as federal law [00:11:15] while proponents of the whpa claim the [00:11:18] bill would codify roe v wade don't be [00:11:21] fooled it goes much much further [00:11:24] reasonable limits such as parental [00:11:26] consent or women's right to know laws [00:11:30] which were possible under roe v wade [00:11:32] would not be allowed under the whpa [00:11:35] in addition tax dollars would flow [00:11:38] throughout the country to pay for [00:11:40] abortion [00:11:41] in a fox news poll conducted this spring [00:11:43] respondents were asked and what about a [00:11:45] law banning abortion after 15 weeks of [00:11:47] pregnancy except in the case of medical [00:11:50] emergency would you favor or oppose that [00:11:52] in your state [00:11:54] of those responding 54 favored such a [00:11:56] law and only 41 percent opposed [00:12:00] disregarding the will of the american [00:12:02] people the only thing the democrats are [00:12:05] offering to this country is more babies [00:12:07] killed by abortion [00:12:10] the findings in this legislation clearly [00:12:12] footnoted provide detailed information [00:12:15] about the development of the unborn [00:12:17] child and the ability of that child to [00:12:19] feel pain [00:12:20] i encourage all legislators republican [00:12:23] and democrat to support this very modest [00:12:26] very humane proposal thank you [00:12:30] catherine foster [00:12:32] for life [00:12:34] good afternoon i'm kathryn glenn foster [00:12:36] president and ceo of americans united [00:12:38] for life we work with advocates and [00:12:41] lawmakers to advance the human right to [00:12:43] life in culture law and policy [00:12:46] the supreme court has finally reversed [00:12:48] roe v wade and we celebrate that [00:12:50] important step but it is only a step [00:12:54] we are at an inflection point in [00:12:56] american history we're at this turning [00:12:58] point in the cause for the human right [00:13:00] to life and the supreme court righted [00:13:02] its historic wrong in row [00:13:05] but the tragic effects of roe and the [00:13:07] deadly consequences of the supreme [00:13:09] court's jurisprudence remain with us [00:13:11] today [00:13:12] when roe was imposed in 1973 virtually [00:13:15] no one believed that the constitution [00:13:17] contained any right to abortion and [00:13:20] virtually no state permitted abortion in [00:13:22] any circumstance [00:13:24] today more than two dozen states embrace [00:13:27] nearly unlimited abortion [00:13:30] why [00:13:31] because the law is a teacher and the [00:13:33] states and the american people took [00:13:35] seriously the wrong-headed lessons of [00:13:39] roe v wade [00:13:40] americans in too many states have been [00:13:42] taught that unlimited extreme [00:13:44] pro-abortion laws are not simply worth [00:13:46] defending but even worth celebrating so [00:13:50] row is gone but its consequences live on [00:13:53] in dubs the supreme court handed [00:13:55] authority over abortion to lawmakers to [00:13:58] protect human life [00:14:00] today we take that next step in the [00:14:02] cause for the human right to life we [00:14:04] must enshrine authentic and life-giving [00:14:07] law and policy that moves us closer to [00:14:10] liberty and justice for all [00:14:13] we're here today to advance a law that [00:14:15] will protect the lives of millions of [00:14:17] americans yet unborn and we're here [00:14:19] today because we know that america [00:14:21] should join our international peers [00:14:24] aligning our laws with at least um our [00:14:27] european peers where european abortion [00:14:30] is widely prohibited at 15 weeks or even [00:14:33] earlier [00:14:34] to achieve a brighter american future a [00:14:37] future full of hope we must achieve [00:14:39] consensus on the common sense of [00:14:41] pain-capable protections for american [00:14:44] children and we must enshrine in law [00:14:46] protection for our most vulnerable [00:14:48] citizens [00:14:49] i am proud to stand alongside senator [00:14:52] lindsey graham and every friend of life [00:14:54] in congress ready to take this important [00:14:56] step today [00:14:58] i know that together we will fight and [00:15:00] we will win in the continuing war for [00:15:03] the heart and the soul of america [00:15:05] americans are ready for a pro-life [00:15:08] future americans will see and remember [00:15:11] the courage of every member of congress [00:15:14] willing to step up and protect america's [00:15:17] youngest persons [00:15:19] let's get it done [00:15:20] thank you [00:15:25] great good afternoon i'm jeannie mancini [00:15:27] i'm honored to be president of the march [00:15:29] for life and today i speak on behalf of [00:15:31] the collective millions of americans [00:15:34] who've marched for life over the last 50 [00:15:36] years to get to this day to get to the [00:15:39] day where roe is overturned but to get [00:15:42] to the second phase i would say in [00:15:44] building a culture of life in the united [00:15:45] states of america we're so very grateful [00:15:48] to you senator graham for introducing [00:15:49] the protecting pain capable unborn [00:15:51] children from late turn abortion act so [00:15:53] thank you now i do want to say this this [00:15:56] act provides the bare [00:15:58] minimum protections for vulnerable [00:16:00] unborn children consistent with what we [00:16:02] know about late term abortion from [00:16:04] science as well as as we've already [00:16:06] heard where americans stand on the issue [00:16:09] so to flip that 10 percent uh statistic [00:16:12] that we keep hearing about 90 of [00:16:14] americans to be clear reject the view [00:16:16] that abortion should be legal up until [00:16:18] birth [00:16:18] 90 percent of americans reject the view [00:16:22] that abortion should be legal up until [00:16:25] birth which is what the women's health [00:16:26] protection act stood for politicians [00:16:29] voting against this [00:16:31] bill [00:16:32] will stand not only against science but [00:16:34] they will stand against the american [00:16:36] public [00:16:37] not to mention standing against basic [00:16:40] compassion for women and unborn children [00:16:42] let me say that one more time [00:16:44] politicians voting against this bill [00:16:46] will stand against science and against [00:16:49] the american public not to mention basic [00:16:51] compassion for women and babies the [00:16:53] pro-life [00:16:55] movement is defined by compassion for [00:16:58] women and babies that is what we are [00:17:01] about it is our [00:17:02] heartbeat we have our work cut out for [00:17:05] us at this particular day and age and at [00:17:08] the march for life we work for the day [00:17:09] when abortion is unthinkable but in this [00:17:12] day with this bill we will work to [00:17:14] protect the unborn women and families [00:17:17] the humanity of the unborn child is [00:17:21] undeniable particularly at 15 weeks [00:17:24] the u.s as we've heard is one of just a [00:17:26] handful of countries including china and [00:17:28] north korea that allow this gruesome [00:17:31] late-term elective abortion [00:17:33] this late in this heated [00:17:35] environment we challenge [00:17:37] all elected officials on both sides of [00:17:39] the aisle to bring the country together [00:17:42] in this common sense consensus [00:17:45] in unity [00:17:46] protecting the vulnerable unborn [00:17:48] children who can feel pain we at the [00:17:51] march for life will continue to rally [00:17:52] the pro-life grassroots to help make [00:17:54] this act this act that would protect the [00:17:56] most vulnerable among us allah thank you [00:18:03] hello i'm star parker president of the [00:18:06] center for urban renewal and education [00:18:09] also known as curepolicy.org [00:18:11] and i want to thank senator graham for [00:18:13] introducing this life-affirming [00:18:15] legislation and note how favorably it [00:18:18] contrasts with pro-abortion bills in the [00:18:22] house and in the senate the supreme [00:18:25] court stopped decision returned abortion [00:18:28] policy to the democratic process and [00:18:30] while they claim to be proponents of [00:18:33] democracy president biden and [00:18:36] congressional democrats are pushing [00:18:38] legislation that would override every [00:18:41] law every regulation that limits [00:18:43] abortion at any and all points in [00:18:46] pregnancy [00:18:47] their sweeping so-called health [00:18:49] exception empowers an abortionist to [00:18:52] kill humanity in the womb through all [00:18:54] nine months of pregnancy [00:18:57] these abortion bills being pushed by [00:18:59] democrats explicitly override the [00:19:02] religious freedom restoration act [00:19:05] removing a conscious protection for [00:19:07] doctors and nurses to not perform [00:19:09] abortion and they shamefully [00:19:12] inject racial allegations to slander the [00:19:15] entire pro-life community [00:19:18] how extreme have democrats become that [00:19:21] they do not believe doctors and nurses [00:19:24] should be protected in law to not [00:19:26] perform abortion against their will [00:19:29] the house legislation and original [00:19:30] senate bill link pro-life americans to [00:19:33] systems of oppression [00:19:35] white supremacy [00:19:37] anti-black [00:19:38] racism [00:19:40] allegations that are disgraceful and [00:19:43] would be laughable [00:19:45] when you consider that the largest [00:19:47] abortion provider in america planned [00:19:49] parenthood was founded by a eugenicist [00:19:53] and since roe became national law more [00:19:55] than 20 million blacks have died at the [00:19:59] hand of abortionists [00:20:01] and democrats want to interject race [00:20:04] these divisive tactics of race-baiting [00:20:07] in an attempt to codify abortion into [00:20:10] national law are offensive and should be [00:20:12] rejected and curepolicy.org stands with [00:20:16] the entire pro-life community and with [00:20:18] senator graham as we together affirm the [00:20:22] first right recognized in our [00:20:24] declaration of independence the right to [00:20:26] life thank you [00:20:30] hello good afternoon i'm penny nance i'm [00:20:32] the ceo and president of concerned women [00:20:35] for america we're the nation's largest [00:20:38] women's public policy organization we [00:20:40] have about half a million members around [00:20:42] the country we have chapters in every [00:20:45] single state including 150 collegiate [00:20:49] young women for america chapters we were [00:20:52] so honored to stand in front of the [00:20:55] supreme court on june 24th when the [00:20:58] dobbs decision was [00:21:00] favorably decided so thank you so much [00:21:03] senator graham for allowing me to be [00:21:04] here and i just want to call attention [00:21:07] to my pro-life sisters standing behind [00:21:10] me this [00:21:12] is the leadership of the pro-life [00:21:14] movement [00:21:15] recognize that take a moment to absorb [00:21:18] that american women are leading on the [00:21:21] issue of life and recognize this bill [00:21:25] frankly doesn't go far enough for many [00:21:27] people but it is a consensus piece of [00:21:30] legislation [00:21:31] very frankly a very low bar [00:21:34] consistently since [00:21:36] 1973 [00:21:37] americans have supported [00:21:40] prohibiting abortion late term [00:21:42] consistently at around the 70 [00:21:46] mark [00:21:47] that is still the truth today and was [00:21:50] the case [00:21:52] circa 1973 [00:21:54] recognize that there's a reason why [00:21:57] europe has been more conservative than [00:22:00] the united states on this because [00:22:03] at 15 weeks a little baby girl can feel [00:22:06] pain [00:22:08] she can move her fully formed fingers [00:22:11] and her toes [00:22:12] she can suck her thumb [00:22:15] and she has a fully developed heart that [00:22:18] is pumping [00:22:19] 26 quarts of blood per day [00:22:24] this is a human life that deserves our [00:22:27] protection [00:22:28] is worthy of civil rights protections [00:22:31] and so we're joining together here to [00:22:33] say [00:22:34] let's make that case [00:22:36] let's have a vote on this issue let's [00:22:38] find out where the american people stand [00:22:40] on this issue and so my full remarks [00:22:43] will be on concernedwomen.org [00:22:45] but so much was said here today i just [00:22:47] wanted to stand here in agreement and in [00:22:49] unity with my sisters and thank you [00:22:52] senator graham for allowing us to be [00:22:53] here [00:22:56] thank you [00:22:58] well the quality of this news conference [00:23:01] will get worse now that i'm speaking [00:23:04] i'm just honored to be with you ladies [00:23:07] you're okay there [00:23:08] um i'm honored to be with you there's a [00:23:10] narrative forming in america that the [00:23:12] republican party in the pro-life [00:23:14] movement is on the run [00:23:16] no no no no no no we're going nowhere [00:23:20] we welcome the debate [00:23:22] we welcome the vote in the united states [00:23:24] senate as to what america should look [00:23:27] like in 2022 [00:23:29] should we look like iran [00:23:31] and north korea [00:23:32] when it comes to national abortion [00:23:34] policy or maybe france belgium germany [00:23:37] spain denmark and norway [00:23:39] if you vote with us [00:23:41] then we'll look more like these [00:23:43] countries [00:23:45] if you vote with the democrats will look [00:23:46] more like syria [00:23:48] and north korea and iran [00:23:51] so this is an important moment [00:23:54] for the country [00:23:56] all i ask of my democratic colleagues [00:23:58] is to give us the same courtesy you [00:24:00] chose for yourself [00:24:02] you chose to vote on your bill [00:24:04] that's the most radical piece of [00:24:06] legislation i think i've ever witnessed [00:24:08] that would allow abortion up to the time [00:24:10] of birth that would overrule every [00:24:13] pro-life protection that had been [00:24:15] acknowledged by the law [00:24:17] after row [00:24:19] to wipe the state clean and come up with [00:24:21] the most extreme position [00:24:24] that uh i just think does not make [00:24:26] america a better place [00:24:28] so less have the debate [00:24:30] let's vote to the ladies behind me your [00:24:34] organizations have much to be proud of [00:24:38] while roe v wade being repealed is a [00:24:40] step in the right direction for me [00:24:43] and others in elected office to give us [00:24:45] a voice we've never had [00:24:47] it's also a step in the right direction [00:24:49] for the american people to figure out [00:24:51] among themselves [00:24:52] in different parts of the country how to [00:24:54] do this [00:24:55] as a nation as a whole who do we want to [00:24:57] be [00:24:58] here's what i want i want to be a nation [00:25:01] as a whole that recognizes that 15 weeks [00:25:06] the baby feels pain [00:25:10] that to save the baby's life you have to [00:25:12] provide anesthesia because you don't [00:25:14] want to hurt the baby in that in the [00:25:16] process of saving its life and we are [00:25:19] not a better nation but dismembering [00:25:21] that child [00:25:23] through the abortion process [00:25:25] so let's have the debate let's vote [00:25:28] senator graham thank you for taking my [00:25:29] question [00:25:30] on may 3rd after the initial dossier [00:25:34] um you stated that the repeal of road to [00:25:38] wave would mean that every state will [00:25:40] decide [00:25:55] pretty easy after they introduced the [00:25:56] bill [00:25:57] to define who they are i thought it'd be [00:25:59] nice to introduce a bill to find who we [00:26:01] are [00:26:02] so the democrats wanted a national [00:26:04] standard [00:26:06] and their standard was basically [00:26:08] abortion up to the time of birth putting [00:26:11] you in the iran syria club [00:26:13] so now we're going to talk about what [00:26:15] the nation should be like i've entered [00:26:17] the introduced this bill and i'm ready [00:26:20] to uh debate it and vote on it [00:26:30] the supreme court case dealt with the [00:26:31] mississippi case [00:26:33] so the supreme court ruled the 15-week [00:26:37] um [00:26:38] proposal mississippi pastored muster [00:26:41] and i adjusted accordingly and quite [00:26:44] frankly i [00:26:45] probably didn't know that we're a little [00:26:47] to the left [00:26:48] of france i mean [00:26:50] generally speaking being as bold as the [00:26:52] french is probably a good thing [00:26:54] so we're [00:26:55] we're a little less bold than the french [00:26:57] on this issue but i feel like we're on [00:26:59] solid ground ladies i know i know many [00:27:02] would like to do more but you know this [00:27:04] is a reasonable position the science is [00:27:06] with us here there's really no [00:27:08] scientific debate at 15 weeks which [00:27:10] again is is a little bit [00:27:12] uh different than than europe that the [00:27:15] baby feels pain and that's one of the [00:27:16] principles of this [00:27:18] yes sir [00:27:23] i don't know how they were going to get [00:27:24] to 60 on their bill [00:27:27] but i think we'll do better than they [00:27:28] did [00:27:29] i think there are a couple democrats [00:27:31] that will be with us maybe hope pray [00:27:33] right [00:27:34] i think the public's with us and you [00:27:36] know um [00:27:38] the you know lacey peterson law remember [00:27:41] that [00:27:41] that took like 15 years [00:27:43] so it took 50 years to get to where [00:27:46] we're at today so i think you start the [00:27:48] discussion and it is started right now [00:27:51] there's a discussion going on in america [00:27:53] about abortion we're not afraid to talk [00:27:55] about it we're proud to be pro-life [00:27:58] we're not going to apologize to anybody [00:27:59] about being pro-life we respect people [00:28:02] who disagree with us we just want to [00:28:03] vote [00:28:04] we want to have the discussion we want [00:28:06] to have votes and here's what i think [00:28:08] over time the more people know about [00:28:09] what we're trying to do they're going to [00:28:11] be with us and not the radical position [00:28:14] proposed earlier on got two more [00:28:16] questions [00:28:18] there are indications that [00:28:20] after uh rome has put down um [00:28:28] [Music] [00:28:35] i think if you're running for the united [00:28:37] states senate [00:28:38] then you're asked if you went to [00:28:40] washington and there was a bill [00:28:43] that would [00:28:45] limit abortion after 15 weeks [00:28:48] because the baby can feel pain at that [00:28:50] point in time [00:28:51] and that is a little more liberal than [00:28:53] what the [00:28:54] europeans do [00:28:56] that that might be a good discussion for [00:28:58] the voters to engage in [00:29:00] so what we're going to be doing during [00:29:02] the [00:29:03] process of running [00:29:05] for federal office in the house and the [00:29:07] senate i'm sure [00:29:09] this will come up [00:29:10] and what i'm trying to tell my [00:29:12] colleagues that there is a consensus [00:29:15] view [00:29:16] by the most prominent pro-life groups in [00:29:18] america that this is where america [00:29:20] should be at the federal level [00:29:22] i don't think this is going to hurt us i [00:29:24] think well or more likely [00:29:27] hurt them when they try to explain [00:29:31] to some reasonable person why it's okay [00:29:36] to be more like iran and less like [00:29:39] france on abortion [00:29:43] when president biden's spokeswoman jen [00:29:45] sofie was asked whether biden believes a [00:29:47] 15 week old unborn baby is a human being [00:29:51] she dodged the question is there any [00:29:53] doubt that a 15 week old unborn baby is [00:29:56] a human being well there's no doubt in [00:29:58] my mind that a 15 15 week unborn baby [00:30:01] has a developed heart [00:30:04] has a you know when you have a soul if [00:30:06] you have one that's one of the great [00:30:08] mysteries we can talk about when do you [00:30:10] become you at what point in time [00:30:12] do you become who you are we're trying [00:30:15] to basically [00:30:17] normalize america here other countries [00:30:19] have concluded for whatever reason that [00:30:22] at this point like [00:30:24] 12 weeks [00:30:26] and 14 weeks [00:30:28] the baby's well developed [00:30:30] enough [00:30:31] that you would basically limit abortion [00:30:34] to to exceptionally rare circumstances [00:30:37] we think that analysis is right and i [00:30:40] would urge [00:30:41] president biden [00:30:43] to take a look at this [00:30:45] and see if we can work together to get [00:30:47] america where most people in the world [00:30:49] are [00:30:58] i have spoken to my colleagues [00:31:01] i think the ladies behind me are going [00:31:03] to speak to my colleagues [00:31:06] i think i think they will be listened to [00:31:08] and uh this took a lot of effort right [00:31:10] guys and anybody want to say anything [00:31:12] jump in i mean [00:31:14] we have made a decision as a group here [00:31:17] we've worked too hard too long to just [00:31:19] say okay it's over it's not over you [00:31:21] know it's not over right you know you [00:31:23] got you got issues at state level you [00:31:25] got issue at the federal level we're [00:31:26] trying to pick a position we think will [00:31:29] rally the country [00:31:30] to be more sympathetic to an unborn [00:31:32] child and i am confident that if this [00:31:36] bill came to the floor it would get a [00:31:38] lot of support among republicans and [00:31:40] hopefully a handful of democrats and i [00:31:41] make a prediction we stay on this and [00:31:44] keep talking about it maybe less than a [00:31:46] decade from now this will be law one [00:31:48] more question i gotta run vote [00:31:57] yeah have y'all spoken to him [00:31:59] yeah they spoken to him [00:32:01] yeah [00:32:02] no i you know i like mitch but [00:32:04] uh no i just sort of like spoke to the [00:32:07] to the ladies behind me and they said [00:32:09] would you go from 20 to 15 weeks [00:32:12] i said yeah [00:32:14] and here we are thank you all very very [00:32:16] much [00:32:43] you