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Nancy Pelosi: “Abortion as a method of family planning in the Gilman-Pelosi amendment means abortion that is used as a substitute for…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
Abortion as a method of family planning in the Gilman-Pelosi amendment means abortion that is used as a substitute for contraception.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Discussing the definition of abortion in the context of family planning.

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