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Lindsey Graham: “I do believe a baby can feel pain. I think there is a legitimate State interest to protect a child that cannot be…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
I do believe a baby can feel pain. I think there is a legitimate State interest to protect a child that cannot be operated on without anesthesia from an abortion.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham argues for the state's interest in protecting unborn children.

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