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Tom Coburn: “let us clarify for the American public, the vast majority of all partial birth abortions that have been performed in…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1998
let us clarify for the American public, the vast majority of all partial birth abortions that have been performed in this country have been for the elective termination of a late pregnancy, not associated with fetal malformations, not associated with a malformation or an inconsequence of reproduction, but associated with elective termination of viable children.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the reasons behind partial birth abortions.

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