“I lost the baby. And for you to stand on this floor and suggest that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly … is preposterous.”
—REP. JACKIE SPEIER of California, describing her personal experience with miscarriage, during a House debate over federal funding of Planned Parenthood. At 17 weeks pregnant, Speier underwent a procedure to terminate pregnancy, after her fetus moved into the cervix where it could not survive and endangered her life. The House voted 240-185 to defund Planned Parenthood, but the proposal is not predicted to pass the Senate. [via CNN]
