Our jurisdiction wants to provide on their own, pay for abortion services for low-income women the way almost 20 states already do.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Our jurisdiction wants to provide on their own, pay for abortion services for low-income women the way almost 20 states…”
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Norton advocates for local funding of abortion services in D.C.
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