Nobody has a right to come between any person and their doctor, ... Today they might not fill prescriptions for birth control pills. Tomorrow it could be painkillers for a cancer patient. Next year it could be medicine that prolongs the life of a person with AIDS or some other terminal disease.

Frank Lautenberg

Frank Lautenberg

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