Do you support making it legal To abort an unborn baby for any reason Any reason Up to the moment Before birth Senator let's have that intellectual Discussion that you want we could start If you'd answer that question Professor Goodwin Help me Understand your point of view I think this is a yes or no question Do you support Um It being legal To abort an unborn Child up to the moment of birth Senator Kennedy it is not a yes or no Question I support women like Miss Zyroski Women I don't I I I think it is a yes or no question no Well if there were a law That's I'm just trying to understand Your perspective and I'm not accusing You of this of course but but but you Know people sort of talk around this Issue If there were a bill that said that a a Woman has an unfettered right To abort an unsure Unborn Baby for any reason up to the moment of Birth would you vote Yes or would you Vote no
Senator Kennedy I refuse to be Shackled By your question what I have answered is That there are conditions that you don't Know whether you would vote Yes or no There are conditions during pregnancy That mean after 10 weeks 24 weeks I would support her life you I would Support her person but you're advocating Them all I support her person advocating A law that says That an unborn baby Can be aborted up to the moment of birth For any reason are you not let me Clarify what the 14th Amendment says in The first sentence that citizens of this United States are individuals that are Born that is what our constitution says Professor I'm not trying to argue I just Want to understand what your position is And I think you're afraid to say that You do support that if you do support it I think you For just for the purpose of the of a Intellectual discussion you ought to Just say so for purposes of an Intellectual discussion I'm happy to Have that with you Could you answer my question do you Support please I mean you teach okay I'm Sure you've had students ask this Question do you support do you support Making it legal To abort an unborn baby for any reason
Any reason Up to the moment Before birth Senator let's have that intellectual Discussion that you want we could start If you'd answer one question I can't go To my next question until you answer That question I want you to be able to Go to your second and your answer Questions I do But as I have explained there are many Different conditions No conditions I'm making it easy for you Well I've already shared with you Senator that I support I don't want to Use all my time you're not going to Answer it and that's you're right but I Would I would respect you more if you Just say I'm sorry that you don't Respect me very much but I said I'd Respect you more if you just answer my Question doctor Tell me how to say your last name Miss Dr rubenhorst Uh do you support a law that would allow For any reason unfetter discretion the The uh the the the abortion of the Non-born child up until the moment of Birth no you don't Dr vermer Senator Kennedy so I'm the one Person in One doctor in this room that Does provide abortion care and I can Tell you that does not reflect the Reality no I understand I'm just asking
The question simply doesn't but do you Support it there there are bills before Congress that will allow that to happen You don't support it or you're going to Be a not answer my question as the Doctor in this room who does provide Abortion care that is not how abortion Care in this country works it's a Hypothetical that does addition but if a Patient came to you and said Uh I'm gonna probably have a baby this Week and I've changed my mind and I Would like you Dr to abort the child Would you do it that is not how abortion Carries but if a patient did would you Do it my job as a doctor is to look at Each individual situation I'm sorry I Don't mean to be rude but I can tell Neither you under the Press professional To answer my question I think you both Have an opinion and I don't understand Why you won't share it How about you Don would you I do not Support unfettered abortion and I would Like to point out that if a woman did Have a life-threatening condition in Pregnancy past approximately 22 weeks That baby can be delivered Alive by Induction or C-section and we can try to Save that baby the intent of abortion is A dead baby and that is not necessary in That situation I mean I want you to all Understand where I'm coming from this is A tough issue
And it's a tough issue because some There's some tough questions we've got To answer And when you won't answer the questions When you're invited by the my Democratic Friends the majority and you won't Answer the most fundamental question We've got to build in front of us that Will basically say a woman has the Unfettered right To abort at any time for any reason up To the moment of birth And that's a gut check issue And I would expect you as experts to Answer that truthfully how you do it