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Pete Sessions: “There was an already-passed partial birth abortion ban in Alabama. The Supreme Court ruled that big chunks of that were…”

On the recordNovember 5, 2003
There was an already-passed partial birth abortion ban in Alabama. The Supreme Court ruled that big chunks of that were not constitutional and could not be enforced, and Attorney General Pryor, even though he strongly thinks that abortion is not good policy, wrote those district attorneys throughout the State and told them they could not enforce the law.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the implications of a Supreme Court ruling on Alabama's partial birth abortion ban.

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