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David Cicilline: “The cruel irony is that an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, which is already prohibited from using any Federal funds…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2015
The cruel irony is that an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, which is already prohibited from using any Federal funds to provide abortion services, means the other 97 percent of their services that I just outlined would be compromised.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline highlights the negative impact of defunding on essential services.

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