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Louise Slaughter: In one of those 85 percent of the hospitals that perform no abortions, if a woman should walk in bleeding, dying from a…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2002
In one of those 85 percent of the hospitals that perform no abortions, if a woman should walk in bleeding, dying from a botched abortion, what would they do?
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Louise Slaughter
New York

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Discussing the implications of abortion access in hospitals during a floor speech.

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