On the recordSeptember 26, 1996
I was one of the 44 Members of this body who voted ``no'' when the Senate approved the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act back on December 7. As a longtime supporter of the ``right to choose,'' I do not believe either the Congress or the Federal Government should interfere with the deeply personal and private decisions that women sometimes face regarding unintended or crisis pregnancies. In fact, I have always questioned why men in the legislative bodies even vote on these terribly anguishing and intimate issues. I am deeply troubled that this legislation does not provide an exception from the proposed ban in situations where the health of a woman is ``at risk.'' It is perplexing to me that this Senate rejected an amendment last December that would have granted an exception when a woman's health is endangered. The reality is that women's health is at the very core of this issue.
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