A Gallup Poll conducted in January found that 70 percent of those surveyed favored banning this horrible procedure. Even doctors agree on this point. The overwhelming share of doctors believe this procedure is not necessary. The partial-birth abortion procedure has been labeled as not good medicine by the AMA. Respected medical professionals like former Surgeon General Everett Koop testified in 1996 that partial-birth abortion is never medically necessary to protect the mother's health and future fertility.
Mark Kennedy: “A Gallup Poll conducted in January found that 70 percent of those surveyed favored banning this horrible procedure. Even…”
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Discussing the need to ban partial-birth abortion during a floor speech.
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