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David Vitter: I talk about Planned Parenthood simply because it is the biggest and most obvious example of billions of dollars of…

On the recordOctober 18, 2007
I talk about Planned Parenthood simply because it is the biggest and most obvious example of billions of dollars of revenue--fully a third comes from Government. Meanwhile, they perform 265,000 abortions--20 percent of the entirety of abortions performed in the United States. That is not right.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing funding and abortion statistics related to Planned Parenthood.

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