# Democratic Debate 9 March

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debate-9-march/748511 "2016-03-10T03:04:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-debate-9-march/748511/23 "2016-03-11T07:29:43Z")

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Words mean things. If you just want to say that you believe in a woman’s right to choose, then there’s no need to invoke her doctor. That is actually an appeal to authority, to invoke a trusted person who shares the decision on whether to abort a pregnancy.

But I do realize that when Democrats say that it’s just more political talk. Democrats do not believe that the decision to prescribe pain pills is strictly between a woman and her doctor.

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