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Harry Reid: I ask my friend, it is also true, is it not, that the 200,000 abortions are for a year's period of time? Over the years…

On the recordJuly 29, 2002
I ask my friend, it is also true, is it not, that the 200,000 abortions are for a year's period of time? Over the years when we have been prevented, as we have on other occasions by Republican administrations, from letting this money go forward, hundreds of thousands of abortions each year are performed that would not have to be performed but for our not having this money; is that right?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the impact of funding on abortion rates during a debate.

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