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Steny Hoyer: “I ask this because I believe it is the nub of the debate. Does the gentleman from Georgia believe there is a procedure…”

On the recordJune 4, 2003
I ask this because I believe it is the nub of the debate. Does the gentleman from Georgia believe there is a procedure to terminate a pregnancy that is more humane or more appropriate than the partial-birth abortion?
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the ethics of partial-birth abortion during a debate.

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