Tom Coburn: “I just want to clarify three misstatements of fact that were just made. Number one, the ban on partial-birth abortion…”

“I just want to clarify three misstatements of fact that were just made. Number one, the ban on partial-birth abortion never puts a woman's fertility at risk. That is number one. Number two, this bill does allow in the instance of the life of a mother, if it is at risk, a partial-birth abortion to be done. We do not think that is ever the case, and I know that as a physician never to be the case, but we allow that under the law. Finally, if a child has a terminal defect, what could be better than having it be born and loved rather than killing it?”