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James P. Greenwood: “The gentleman proposes in his response to my question that women of America are going to line up for dollars so they can…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2003
The gentleman proposes in his response to my question that women of America are going to line up for dollars so they can be superovulated, and it is the most ridiculous and disrespectful attitude towards women I can imagine. To think that the gentleman from New Jersey believes that the women of this country are going to line up for a painful procedure, and one as intimate as the donation of eggs for money, I think, is incredible. The proponents of the Weldon bill would like to paint those of us who think that this research, this transient period of research so important for science, as somehow out of the mainstream.
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James P. Greenwood
Pennsylvania
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Debating the Weldon bill and its implications for women's health and scientific research.

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