Barbara Boxer in It Takes a Family, by Rick Santorum


On Abortion: Baby is born at birth, not at partial-birth

On Oct. 20, 1999, I had a colloquy with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D, CA) about where to draw the line on partial birth abortion:

SANTORUM: If the baby's foot was inside the mother but the rest of the baby was outside, could that baby be killed?

BOXER: The baby is born when the baby is born. That is the answer to the question.

SANTORUM: I am asking for you to define for me what that is: the baby is being born.

BOXER: In the process of being born, to me it is obvious when a baby is born; to you it isn't obvious.

SANTORUM: Maybe you can make it obvious to me. What you are suggesting is if the baby's toe is still inside of the mother that baby can then still be killed?

BOXER: Absolutely not.

SANTORUM: OK. So if the baby's toe is in, you can't kill the baby. How about if the baby's foot is in? We are trying to draw a line here.

BOXER: I am not answering these questions.

Source: It Takes A Family, by Sen. Rick Santorum, p.255-257 Apr 30, 2006

The above quotations are from It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, by Rick Santorum.
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