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Barbara Boxer: “If impregnating a 12-year-old is not an act of violence against a child, I don't know what is.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
If impregnating a 12-year-old is not an act of violence against a child, I don't know what is.
Said by
Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Boxer emphasizes the violence of child marriage and its consequences.

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