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John Conyers: “The Republican platform of 1996 reads that the constitutional protection of women's right to choice should be revoked by…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1997
The Republican platform of 1996 reads that the constitutional protection of women's right to choice should be revoked by constitutional amendment. Here are bills that are pending in the Committee on the Judiciary for doing it, at least the legitimately correct way, through a constitutional amendment. But here they are coming through the back door again with Canady's partial-birth abortion bill.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing the Republican platform's stance on women's reproductive rights.

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