If our goal is to reduce the number of pregnancy terminations and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, what I will tell you is the last time this policy under George Bush was implemented, the number of abortions rose 20 percent as a result of curtailing the ability to have family planning out there.
Bera discusses the impact of the Mexico City policy on unintended pregnancies.
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