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Barbara Boxer: “Yes, I ask my friend, how does he justify treating a woman who wants to get a legal procedure in a different fashion…”

On the recordJune 19, 1996
Yes, I ask my friend, how does he justify treating a woman who wants to get a legal procedure in a different fashion from a man who wants to get a legal medical procedure?
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Addressing gender equality in access to medical procedures.

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