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Patty Murray: “We have the ability within our military hospitals right now to contract procurements of what our military personnel…”

On the recordJune 20, 2000
We have the ability within our military hospitals right now to contract procurements of what our military personnel need. It would frighten me a great deal as a woman serving in the military if none of our military hospitals overseas knew how to perform an abortion in an emergency in case a woman's life is at risk, which we now need to know is available. If we are saying there are no doctors available anywhere in the entire world where we have service people available to perform that service, I would be frightened as a woman in the military service today if my life was at stake and there would not be a doctor available to help me.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the availability of abortion services in military hospitals during a debate.

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