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Joe Courtney: “Again, child abuse is child abuse, whether it happens in a home, whether it happens in a medical setting.”

On the recordMay 18, 2009
Again, child abuse is child abuse, whether it happens in a home, whether it happens in a medical setting.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing that child abuse should be treated uniformly regardless of the setting.

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