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Steny Hoyer: “It enunciates the policy of 43 States, I tell my friend from Illinois, and I think we should enunciate it as a Federal…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1997
It enunciates the policy of 43 States, I tell my friend from Illinois, and I think we should enunciate it as a Federal Congress as being the appropriate and right policy to preclude late-term abortions.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the policy on late-term abortions during a congressional debate.

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