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Barack Obama: Often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives, unable to be there…

On the recordApril 14, 2010
Often barred from the bedsides of the partners with whom they may have spent decades of their lives, unable to be there for the person they love and unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses the impact of the current hospital visitation policies on same-sex couples.

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