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On the recordMarch 29, 1996
I am curious. Maybe the gentlewoman can tell me what the economic loss is for the ability to have a child. What is the economic loss of the inability to have a child? I do not think you can put a dollar figure as an economic loss on that. So if there is no economic loss and no punitive damages, what damages are they then?
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Questioning the economic implications of childbearing and infertility during a legislative discussion.

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