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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Our jurisdiction wants to provide on their own, pay for abortion services for low-income women the way almost 20 states…

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
Our jurisdiction wants to provide on their own, pay for abortion services for low-income women the way almost 20 states already do.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton advocates for local funding of abortion services in D.C.

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