However, the real issue in the case before the Supreme Court and in the legislation before Congress is not about banning late term abortions. The real issue is about a systematic effort to overturn Roe V. Wade and to criminalize all abortions. The real issue is about whether we trust women, in consultation with their faith and their family, to make this very difficult, personal decision or do we put that trust in politicians? That is what this is really all about.
Tom Harkin: “However, the real issue in the case before the Supreme Court and in the legislation before Congress is not about banning…”
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Discussing the implications of a Supreme Court case on abortion rights.
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