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Dick Durbin: So if a doctor at a military hospital says, even though this young woman who is in the armed services comes to me for an…

On the recordMay 22, 2003
So if a doctor at a military hospital says, even though this young woman who is in the armed services comes to me for an abortion procedure and I object to it on religious and moral grounds-- that doctor is not going to be compelled to perform an abortion under this amendment?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing abortion procedures and medical ethics in military hospitals.

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