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Peter Welch: “Doctors are now facing liability when they exercise judgment…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Reproductive Rights Roundtable - Congressman Peter Welch.

Published | Video Starts at 22:08

These are hard, hard decisions, but government should not be getting in the way of the woman and the doctor who have to make this decision. And then what I've been so upset about, too, is reading about how Doctors are now facing liability when they exercise judgment [in abortion-related cases]. You know, your job is to give the news, in your opinion, the best it can possibly be given to your patient. (22:08–22:19)

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Asserts that doctors face legal liability when making medical judgments in abortion cases.

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