"Truth" is not a value for the left

My swan song for being a leftist came when the House was taking debate on the Partial Birth Abortion Ban.

Again and again and again members of Congress got up and made pronouncements. Mostly, of course, that anyone against PBA was also anti-woman, anti-health, anti-child (!!!), anti-everything else. I don't remember whether they were called racists as well, probably they were and I was out of the room getting a cup of coffee when it happened, I wouldn't know. The lies pouring from the mouths of the leftwing speakers were multitudinous, and I rapidly grew sick of it, but by then, as a former UCLA student, I was very familiar with the axiom that leftists don't tell the truth.

Leftist: "No one gets an abortion for convenience, these abortions are medically necessary."

Anti-PBA'ist: "I have here a copy of a statement from Dr. Haskell himself, who pioneered the procedure, claiming that no fewer than 70% of the procedures he performs at his clinic are ELECTIVE."

next Leftist: "No one gets an abortion for convenience, these late-term abortions are done out of necessity."

and here's another example:

Leftist: "Women must continue to have access to these procedures to protect our health!"

Anti-PBA'ist: "It takes three days to dilate the cervix before performing a dnx; any doctor confronted with a medical emergency that requires ending the pregnancy for the health of the mother is practicing quackery if he deliberately delays the procedure using this slow procedure."

next Leftist: "Women need this procedure or we will be dying from bad pregnancies by the thousands."

and on it went, example after example.