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Bob Barr: there are certain common themes that seem to be repeating themselves by the pro-abortion arguments on the other side…

On the recordMarch 20, 1997
there are certain common themes that seem to be repeating themselves by the pro-abortion arguments on the other side, over and over and over again. There is a very good reason for that. The strategy, including the precise words to use, are well laid out in a memorandum that lays out the blueprint for the pro-abortionist in this argument in order to disguise what is really at stake here. I read from a memo dated September 17, 1996, from Lake Research: Do not talk about the health and condition of the fetus. Voters believe that this procedure, no matter what we call it, kills an infant. Truer words were never spoken. Do not argue about how often this procedure is used. Voters believe that even one time is too many. Truer words were never spoken. Do not argue about the procedure. The partial-birth procedure is gruesome. There is no way to make it pleasant to voters or even only distasteful. Turer words were never spoken. Yet those on the other side that keep arguing for this horrible, gruesome procedure would have us believe that it is just commonplace, that there is nothing wrong with it, that it is simply a matter of choice. It is not simply a matter of choice, it is a matter of life. They know it, and American voters know it.
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Bob Barr
Georgia

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Addressing pro-abortion arguments and discussing a memo from Lake Research during a debate on abortion.

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