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Steve Largent: I listened to the passionate but wrongheaded arguments for this Lowey amendment, and I rise in strong opposition to that…

On the recordMarch 7, 1996
I listened to the passionate but wrongheaded arguments for this Lowey amendment, and I rise in strong opposition to that argument. It is not a compelling argument. Folks, understand that the children that are being destroyed through the funding of abortions are not the perpetrators of the crime of rape and incest. They are the innocent, and by voting against this amendment we provide the protection that they need in the sanctity the womb. I urge a ``no'' vote on the Lowey amendment.
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Steve Largent
Oklahoma

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Opposing the Lowey amendment related to abortion funding during a House debate.

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