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Tom Coburn: “It is not a matter of knowing life or death; it is a matter of knowing techniques that are used. There is a very big…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1997
It is not a matter of knowing life or death; it is a matter of knowing techniques that are used. There is a very big difference in saying that we can use a procedure that is a convenience to the abortionist that is heinous, that is totally cruel and inhumane, versus the methods that are available that are not.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing the ethics of abortion procedures.

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