On the recordMarch 13, 2008
I stand in opposition and ask for a ``no'' vote and ask for an ``aye'' vote on the Allard amendment. What the Allard amendment does is redefines the child. The way the law right now reads, a pregnant woman is under the definition of a child. All we do is move the child out from the definition of the pregnant woman and say that the child is in the period from conception to birth, and then the rest of the program. If this is a health program for children, then we define the child as part of that population of children. The pregnant woman, who is the adult, would be kept separate. As far as I am concerned, it is just a truth-in-labeling provision so we have a distinction between the child and mother. We have surgical procedures now that are just for the unborn child and not necessarily a surgical procedure, technically, on the woman.
Said by
Wayne Allard
Source
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