Tom Coburn: “of the 8 to 9 percent of the children that are born, 50 percent of those children, a large number, have microcephaly…”

“of the 8 to 9 percent of the children that are born, 50 percent of those children, a large number, have microcephaly, which is a smaller-than-normal brain which leads to severe retardation, a large number have hydrocephaly, which means they have an inability to circulate the fluid around the brain. So if, in fact, we want the Food and Drug Administration to be about consumer protection, then we in fact ought to ask them not to have anything to do in their charge with abortifacient drugs.”