Dick Durbin: “The Senator is an accomplished legislator. He is an accomplished lawyer with good background and understanding, but he…”

“The Senator is an accomplished legislator. He is an accomplished lawyer with good background and understanding, but he is not a medical doctor. In this case, her medical doctor said because of her diabetic condition and complications that the fetus she was carrying could not survive outside the womb, if she had a C-section to deliver this child, it would have put her life and health at risk. The Senator from Pennsylvania comes to the floor and says: No, I understand it better. I can make a better diagnosis. She was not at risk.”