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Elizabeth Furse: “I rise today to discuss a part of health care reform that is critical to the American family. As we debate health care…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1994
I rise today to discuss a part of health care reform that is critical to the American family. As we debate health care reform, let us not forget who is the doctor and who is the patient. Doctors are qualified to prescribe what is best for a patient, and patients can follow that advice to get healthy. But I am concerned that politicians want to decide what is the right prescription for women. Right now, 90 percent of all women have coverage for abortion services in their private insurance plans. Whether or not a person agrees with women's right to choose, it is the law, a law which allows women to make this decision with the help of their doctors and families. Politicians have no business in people's private lives. Let us make decisions about how to develop the best health care plan we can, and leave the personal decisions up to patients and their doctors.
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Elizabeth Furse
Oregon
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Discussing health care reform and women's rights during a floor speech.

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