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novapsycheRepublican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Tom Coburn in a radio interview this week said he's performed "lots" of sterilizations on underage women during emergency situations.
Coburn, a physician, has fielded questions for several days about a lawsuit where an Oklahoma woman accused him of sterilizing her without her consent. Angela Plummer was 20 at the time of the 1990 procedure.
Coburn was asked if the situation could happen or had happened with other women.
"I've done this lots to women who have come in for emergency things, who have asked me to sterilize them, under age, when they, when they've already had three babies," Coburn said, according to the radio interview recording and transcript of a KRMG 740 AM interview with radio host John Erling.
His comments drew fire from Democrats on Thursday.
Democratic State Party Chairman Jay Parmley said Coburn, who has repeatedly said he had verbal consent from Plummer for the sterilization, should explain his comments in more detail.
"He needs to tell us how many underage women he has sterilized," Parmley said.
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Coburn, a physician, has fielded questions for several days about a lawsuit where an Oklahoma woman accused him of sterilizing her without her consent. Angela Plummer was 20 at the time of the 1990 procedure.
Coburn was asked if the situation could happen or had happened with other women.
"I've done this lots to women who have come in for emergency things, who have asked me to sterilize them, under age, when they, when they've already had three babies," Coburn said, according to the radio interview recording and transcript of a KRMG 740 AM interview with radio host John Erling.
His comments drew fire from Democrats on Thursday.
Democratic State Party Chairman Jay Parmley said Coburn, who has repeatedly said he had verbal consent from Plummer for the sterilization, should explain his comments in more detail.
"He needs to tell us how many underage women he has sterilized," Parmley said.
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