Lankford Warns Left’s Abortion Fearmongering May Prevent Women from Receiving Health Care

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WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Finance Committee, today called out Democrats’ fearmongering on abortion and warned that it may discourage women from receiving health care.

Witnesses for the hearing included Kaitlyn Joshua; Michele Goodwin, JD, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown University School of Law; Amelia Huntsberger, MD, Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Christina Francis, MD, Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and Heather G. Hacker, JD, Partner, Hacker Stephens LLP. 

Excerpt

Lankford: I’ve even heard conversations today about ‘misinformation’ or ‘rhetoric’ or ‘intellectual honesty’ and all these things that have come out in the dialog today, and I want to be able to help bring some things together from hearing that testimony from the entire day on this. Ms. Hacker, just to clarify on this, are there any states where women face prosecution for having an abortion?

Hacker: No.

Hacker: Are there any states that criminalize miscarriage?

Hacker: No.

Lankford: Or the care for any for a miscarriage?

Hacker: No.

Lankford: Are there any states that criminalize removing an ectopic pregnancy?

Hacker: No.

Lankford: Are there any states that prohibit life saving care for the mother?

Hacker: No.

Lankford Are there any states where women have to be actively dying for a doctor to be able to act for her care?

Hacker: No.

Lankford: There’s been a lot of rhetoric on this that I’m concerned pushes people away from getting access to health care.

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