On the recordMarch 7, 1996
to force a woman who has been raped, violated, brutalized, to carry a pregnancy to term is unconscionable. This amendment is consistent with Hyde. To punish a poor woman simply because she is poor is absolutely the kind of public policy that we do not want to support. I would urge my colleagues in the name of fairness to support this amendment. It is only fair that we say to the States, do not make a woman suffer more, do not make a woman who has been violated in the worst way suffer more by carrying a pregnancy to term. I ask for an ``aye'' vote on this amendment.
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