Colloquy (Senators Boxer and Hatch).
Spoke on the Hatch Amendment #80 to the SCHIP Bill (H.R. 2).
Senator Hatch: (10:44 AM)
“Let us not pit mothers against their children. This is not an either/or situation. Let’s protect both mothers and their unborn children. That’s what this bill is about. This bill is about children. We have brought mothers into it and I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. The gentlelady and I simply disagree.”
Senator Boxer: (10:47 AM)
“Don’t say that those of us who vote against this amendment are separating women and children. It is the total opposite. For whatever reason, under that old regulation, the child was mentioned and not the woman. That defies science. That defies reality. You treat the woman and the child she is carrying.”
