Ron Klink said "I am a pro-life Democrat, and that means, quite often, that the Democrats get mad at me because I am pro life, and the pro-life people get mad at me because I am a Democrat. But I can handle that. I say that because whether someone gets to remain in a hospital when they need to, whether they get the drugs that their doctor wants, whether they can see that specialist that can save their life, to me, is a life or death matter. We cannot be pro life at conception and then abandon people once they are born, when their life is on the line, when they are fighting to get medical care that they need to live, and that is exactly what this debate is all about. Let us compare the two bills. The Democratic Patients' Bill of Rights leaves medical decisions in the hands of doctors and parents. The Republican bill leaves the decision still in the hands of insurance companies." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 24, 1998

I am a pro-life Democrat, and that means, quite often, that the Democrats get mad at me because I am pro life, and the pro-life people get mad at me because I am a Democrat. But I can handle that. I say that because whether someone gets to remain in a hospital when they need to, whether they get the drugs that their doctor wants, whether they can see that specialist that can save their life, to me, is a life or death matter. We cannot be pro life at conception and then abandon people once they are born, when their life is on the line, when they are fighting to get medical care that they need to live, and that is exactly what this debate is all about. Let us compare the two bills. The Democratic Patients' Bill of Rights leaves medical decisions in the hands of doctors and parents. The Republican bill leaves the decision still in the hands of insurance companies.

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Ron Klink

Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the importance of healthcare rights in the context of pro-life values.

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