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John Conyers: “So you think this is an appropriate title of a bill then, No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act, because women in service…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
So you think this is an appropriate title of a bill then, No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act, because women in service may be able or might be able to get an abortion?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers challenges the relevance of the bill's title regarding military abortions.

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