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Tom Harkin: I would want her to have a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist take care of her in a safe, healthy, legal setting.…

On the recordMarch 12, 2003
I would want her to have a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist take care of her in a safe, healthy, legal setting. That is why I have offered my amendment. That is why my amendment is pending right now because I want us to say once and for all again that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land, that if, God forbid, my daughter ever had a situation like that, she could go into a hospital, that she would not have the law hounding her, and that she could have a board-certified obstetrician.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the importance of Roe v. Wade and access to safe medical care.

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