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Rick Santorum: “That is, during the process of partial-birth abortions, if the baby that is being brought out in this fashion would for…”

On the recordMay 15, 1997
That is, during the process of partial-birth abortions, if the baby that is being brought out in this fashion would for some reason have its head slip out because all that is left inside of the mother is a very small head, if that head would slip out, would it still be up to the doctor and the mother to kill the child?
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Questioning the ethics of partial-birth abortion during Senate debate.

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