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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
It seems to me just, candidly, beyond the pale to say that that's a violation of the Thirteenth Amendment against slavery.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Specter critiques a claim linking abortion bans to the Thirteenth Amendment.

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