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Elijah Cummings: “I think that is such--so unfair. Because I think--I have heard very few people in this Congress ridicule us if one group…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
I think that is such--so unfair. Because I think--I have heard very few people in this Congress ridicule us if one group believes that a woman should have control over her own body and should be able to choose abortion if she likes, she and her family and, you know, her God, if she makes that decision, and then the other ones who don't believe in abortion.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings defends the respect for differing views on abortion in Congress.

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