Pelosi Floor Speech in Support of Planned Parenthood

“Thank you Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentle lady for yielding and for her forceful leadership in promoting women’s health. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, when I was in high school a long time ago, I participated in an extemporaneous debate contest. One of the contestants there, a friend of mine drew from the bowl a slip that said ‘Do Women Think?’ Do women think? Now this was a long time ago but even then we thought that was a startling question. Do women think? The young lady who drew it, she was really a girl in high school, spoke with great grace and strength about women and won the debate. Which we hope to do today.”