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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
None of us on this panel is a doctor, and none of us in the United States Senate, or in Congress, or anywhere in Government, ought to be interfering with women's rights based on scientific decisions where we are completely unqualified to make judgments.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal emphasizes the need for medical expertise in reproductive rights discussions.

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