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On the recordSeptember 17, 1998
I just find it remarkable that we seem to create these fictions when it comes to life. When it comes to the life of little children, we create this fiction in our mind. And it was a fiction that was created back when Roe v. Wade was decided that these were not really babies. We did not have good ultrasounds then and the kind of technology where we could really see how developed these little babies were in the womb. They were just sort of passed off as these sort of blobs. Yet, we now know, through the miracle of ultrasound, and other techniques, that these are precious little developing babies.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the implications of Roe v. Wade and the perception of fetal life.

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