[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 26 (Thursday, March 10, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 10, 1994]
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  PERSONAL MEDICAL DECISIONS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO PATIENTS AND DOCTORS

  (Ms. FURSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss a part of health care 
reform that is critical to the American family.
  As we debate health care reform, let us not forget who is the doctor 
and who is the patient. Doctors are qualified to prescribe what is best 
for a patient, and patients can follow that advice to get healthy. But 
I am concerned that politicians want to decide what is the right 
prescription for women.
  Right now, 90 percent of all women have coverage for abortion 
services in their private insurance plans. Whether or not a person 
agrees with women's right to choose, it is the law, a law which allows 
women to make this decision with the help of their doctors and 
families. Politicians have no business in people's private lives. Let 
us make decisions about how to develop the best health care plan we 
can, and leave the personal decisions up to patients and their doctors.

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