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On the recordOctober 3, 1989
The bill, as reported, would delete language included in the FY 1989 District of Columbia Appropriations Act that prohibits the use of appropriated funds for abortion except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement of Administration Policy: Conference Report on H.R. 3026, District of Columbia Appropriations, FY 1990

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