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Debbie Stabenow: “I interject, we are not asking that this right be given up to the courts; we are asking that these decisions be left up…”

On the recordMarch 12, 2003
I interject, we are not asking that this right be given up to the courts; we are asking that these decisions be left up to a woman, her family, and her faith.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing women's rights and decision-making in a legislative debate.

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