Sue Philley of Boise presented a petition with 4,000 signatures against the pre-abortion ultrasound bill. "Health care decisions are best made by patients and their medical providers, not politicians," she told the senators. "This government intrusion into private lives makes a mockery of the expressed Republican goal of less government." Her statement was immediately greeted by loud applause. After it died down, Senate State Affairs Chairman Curt McKenzie admonished the crowd not to make outbursts.

Philley said, "They want you to work on legislation that affects the quality of their lives. They want you to focus on jobs, education and the environment - not on their bedrooms and their private most personal family and medical decisions." Philley was gaveled when she said people who know Sen. Winder "have told me that they are disappointed," and told not to disparage committee members.

"The comments that people made indicates they will not support politicians who think women and families are stupid or sinful or haven't given serious intelligent thought to their health care decisiosn," Philley told the committee. "Several have likened this un-American attack on wives, daughters, friends and children's privacy privacy to the Taliban and Sharia law."

At that, Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, objected. "There may be disagreement on how we look at this issue, but calling people or their approaches names," or comparing them "to others that we all would repudiate is not helpful of either side. Please be respectful in your speech. We stop listening when people take that approach, and we want to listen."

Philley apologized. She concluded, "The regressive and repressive attitudes behind bills like this will only lead to more social and economic distress for Idahoans. Our citizens deserve better. ... I do respect you. ... I apologize if my comments caused you to not listen."