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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
The feelings on this issue are intense and personal. I know it from a lifetime in politics.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin acknowledges the emotional intensity surrounding the abortion debate.

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