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Sam Brownback: I submit that regardless of your position on abortion, we should not be using taxpayer funds to fund abortions here or…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2007
I submit that regardless of your position on abortion, we should not be using taxpayer funds to fund abortions here or overseas. A number of Americans would oppose on moral grounds that their taxpayer dollars are being used to fund abortions here or overseas but particularly overseas. They would object to that. And a number of people would say why are we even doing something like this overseas. People who are pro-choice might say: I am OK with abortion, but why are we using taxpayer dollars to do this overseas? Why not let those countries and governments deal with their own problems rather than us funding these issues?
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Discussing the Mexico City policy and taxpayer funding for abortion during Senate floor debate.

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