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John Bel Edwards: “Let me ask and I would like to have an honest debate on this. I appreciate what the gentleman has said. He has been very…”

On the recordJune 4, 2003
Let me ask and I would like to have an honest debate on this. I appreciate what the gentleman has said. He has been very honest and straightforward about outlining one procedure and not two others. My question is, if we assume a mother is going to take a perfectly healthy baby later term and have that child aborted for frivolous reasons, why would she not go and use one of the other two procedures? What babies have you saved?
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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Addressing the topic of late-term abortion procedures during a debate.

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