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Chris Smith: I thank my friend for yielding. Madam Speaker, my distinguished colleague said ``prove it'' about the 2 million. Well…

On the recordJanuary 24, 2017
I thank my friend for yielding. Madam Speaker, my distinguished colleague said ``prove it'' about the 2 million. Well, there is a very extensive study done by Michael J. New. The Review of Literature done in June of 2009 by the Guttmacher Institute found: ``Approximately one-fourth of women who would have had Medicaid-funded abortions instead gave birth when this funding was unavailable.''
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Republican · New Jersey
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Jan 24, 2017

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