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Zoe Lofgren: It's really hard to begin, but let me just say that it is a myth to think that if we were able to defund Planned…

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
It's really hard to begin, but let me just say that it is a myth to think that if we were able to defund Planned Parenthood, which I think, legally, we couldn't do, I mean, that there is the capacity to provide the medical services to the women who are being served.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lofgren disputes the feasibility of defunding Planned Parenthood without losing medical services.

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