A Republican-dominated Senate committee narrowly killed a bill Thursday that would have barred state-funded abortions for poor women carrying mortally deformed fetuses.
He claimed that under Virginia's law, Helen Keller could have been aborted at taxpayer expense, a contention that Senate Democratic leader Richard L. Saslaw of Fairfax vehemently rejected.
Va. Senate panel rejects repeal of pre-abortion ultrasound law →
"Enlighten me," Mr. Garrett replied tersely.
Va. Senate panel rejects repeal of pre-abortion ultrasound law →
