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Louise Slaughter: Before Roe v. Wade was passed, women had no option in the world except to go to a back alley, turning themselves over to…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2002
Before Roe v. Wade was passed, women had no option in the world except to go to a back alley, turning themselves over to unspeakable people with filthy hands and dirty equipment, and oftentimes they had to go to doctors and hospitals to try to be saved. Does the gentleman from New Jersey know that many of those hospitals were afraid to take them? Is the gentleman aware that women died? Is the gentleman not aware that if this bill were to pass, that hospitals might again be afraid in a circumstance like that to save a woman, lest they violate this legislation?
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Louise Slaughter
New York

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Discussing the implications of legislation on women's health and safety.

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