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Watson Coleman: I think it should come as no surprise to anyone when the gentleman says there are two classes of children. We have two…

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
I think it should come as no surprise to anyone when the gentleman says there are two classes of children. We have two classes of women in the bill: the rich, who can afford an abortion for a young teenager, and the poor, who, of course, cannot get one because if they need Federal help they cannot get it because of this bill. So we recognize there is a difference there for young women. So we should not be surprised about the fact that the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Gunderson] stands up and says that he hopes that this will be the new national thing that we are going to do. Mr. Speaker, I want to know this. How many of the private schools are going to accept vouchers and take kids with learning disabilities, physical impairments, mental problems? How many of those private schools are going to take these special kinds of cases and special children that the public school are required to take? Are they going to take all of those?
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Watson Coleman
New Jersey

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Discussing the implications of a bill on access to abortion and education for disadvantaged children.

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