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Tom Harkin: “I wish to ask the Senator a question. There are a number of issues about the Senator's bill that bothers me. One is how…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2003
I wish to ask the Senator a question. There are a number of issues about the Senator's bill that bothers me. One is how tightly it is drawn and it affords no leeway whatsoever for certain special cases. We talked about the health of the mother. A woman who came to see me some time ago--I do not know if this case is atypical, but I know it happened to one person. I know it is happening to others. She and her husband had been trying to have children. She became pregnant. She found out the child's--basically the brain was outside the head.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing concerns about a bill related to maternal health and specific medical cases.

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