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Chris Smith: the issue is that the government is telling people how many children they can have and enforcing that limit coercively.

On the recordJuly 8, 2012
the issue is that the government is telling people how many children they can have and enforcing that limit coercively.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith emphasizes the problem of government coercion in family planning policies.

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