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Barbara Boxer: “Then you have the Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. They make a very good point--a point we have made over…”

On the recordOctober 21, 2003
Then you have the Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. They make a very good point--a point we have made over and over again: There is no mention of the term ``partial-birth abortion'' in any medical literature. Physicians are never taught a technique called ``partial-birth abortion'' and cannot even define it, which is one of the things the Court said was too vague a definition. So why do you think my colleagues are banning something called partial-birth abortion when there is no such thing, according to physicians, as partial-birth abortion? I will give you 10 seconds to think it over.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the term 'partial-birth abortion' and its absence in medical literature.

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