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| At least he's not a traitor, but he still doesn't belong in the US Senate. | |||
| '''Thomas Allen Coburn''' (], ]) is a ] and ]-elect from the state of ]. | |||
| Coburn was born in ] and graduated from ]. He was a physician, and a deacon in the ], until he ran for the ] as a ]. Coburn faced a 71-year-old former principal, and defeated him by a 52%-48% margin. | |||
| In ], Coburn introduced an amendment (H.R. 1026) to the ] called the ]. The amendment proposed a number of situations where HIV tests would be mandated or available on request and that all results of HIV tests be made available to state officials. | |||
| As a Congressman, Coburn opposed ] and the ]. He kept his pledge to serve only three terms and left the house in ]. | |||
| Coburn defeated ] to win Oklahoma's open U.S. Senate seat in the ]. Controversy has hovered around him due to him making comments critical of playing '']'' on ] and calling for doctors who perform abortions to be subject to the death penalty. Also, a campaign worker for Coburn declared the race to be one between good and evil. | |||
| The most significant controversy is the allegation that Coburn sterilized a woman without her consent on ] ] resulting in a civil malpractice suit. Coburn contends that he had her oral consent, but he did not get the legally required written consent. Coburn admitted that he performed the same procedure on "lots" of women. He also admitted during testimony that he charged ] for the procedure, although the patient did not meet the age requirement of 21. | |||
| ==External links== | |||
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| * - Salon.com, Sept. 13, 2004 | |||
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Revision as of 21:25, 5 November 2004
At least he's not a traitor, but he still doesn't belong in the US Senate.