Minority leader: ‘The Catholic Church does not need to know why I am getting an abortion’

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//February 22, 2018//

Minority leader: ‘The Catholic Church does not need to know why I am getting an abortion’

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//February 22, 2018//

State senators voted February 22 to require women be asked more specific questions before terminating a pregnancy over the objections of one lawmaker who said “the Catholic Church does not...

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