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Steve King: “Thomas Jefferson said that the care of human life and its happiness and not its destruction is the chief and only object…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
Thomas Jefferson said that the care of human life and its happiness and not its destruction is the chief and only object of good government.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King cites Jefferson to argue that good government should not fund abortion.

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