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Zoe Lofgren: I hope this body can come together on this very sensible plan that we have discussed today to protect birth control…

On the recordMay 16, 2001
I hope this body can come together on this very sensible plan that we have discussed today to protect birth control, yes, birth control, in the international aid program. We know that the Republican party is opposed to choice, but what is at stake here is not the fight about abortion, it is whether poor women in the Third World are going to be able to have access to birth control so that they can plan their families. Surely this House is not so radical that it will oppose birth control and the family planning program.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Addressing the importance of birth control access in international aid programs.

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