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On the recordNovember 13, 2019
To say it is terminating a pregnancy, and as Ms. Stuckey said, never, ever facing up to what you are really doing, is scary to me.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Foxx expresses concern over the language used to describe abortion.

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