Honorable Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Durbin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1996. He is a member of the following commitetess; Rules, Intelligence, Government Affairs, and Appropriations. The following is from the March 10, 2003, Senate floor debate on S. 3, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.We have talked today about a gruesome abortion procedure. I am still touched by it every time it is described. Any sensitive human being would be touched by it. But I will tell you there is no abortion procedure which, if it is…
