BTL:Anti-Abortion Bills High on New GOP-Controlled House Agenda

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Anti-Abortion Bills High on New GOP-Controlled House Agenda

Interview with Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL, Pro-Choice America, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

During last November's congressional campaign, the issue of abortion was barely raised, and GOP conservative candidates ran mostly on economic issues, calling for jobs and balancing the budget. Now that the new Congress has been seated, pro-choice groups are counting a majority of anti-choice legislators in both the House and Senate. On the 38th anniversary of the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, pro-choice groups are dismayed.

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