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James Lankford: “In 1973, the Supreme Court struggled with this exact same…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Human dignity and public policy

Published | Video Starts at 11:47

But in 191 other countries, they have at least said, when a child is viable, that should be a child, not just tissue. In fact, Interestingly enough, In 1973, the Supreme Court struggled with this exact same issue. And they came up with the definition of in Roe v. Wade, when a child is viable, and they left that undefined. then that child can be protected by the state. So my question to people is when a child could be delivered and survive. (11:47–11:58)

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