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January 27, 2020

Trump Attends Anti-Abortion "March for Life" as Admin Continues Assault on Reproductive Rights
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President Trump became the first sitting president to attend the
anti-abortion "March for Life" in Washington, D.C., Friday. He told
supporters that "unborn children have never had a stronger defender in
the White House," as he touted his judicial appointments and slammed
Democrats - falsely accusing Virginia Governor Ralph Northam of
supporting a bill that would execute babies after birth.

Also on Friday, the Trump administration threatened to cut off federal
funding for some health programs in California unless the state ends its
requirement that private health insurers cover abortions. California
Governor Gavin Newsom said the state would not change its policy.

Meanwhile, Education Secretary Betsy De Vos is coming under fire for
comparing the Trump administration's fight to ban abortion to the fight
to end slavery. She said, "[President Lincoln] too contended with the
pro-choice arguments of his day. They suggested that a state's choice to
be slave or to be free had no moral question in it. … President Lincoln
reminded those pro-choicers that a vast portion of the American people …
look upon it as a vast moral evil." She made the comments at an event
last week for Colorado Christian University held at the Museum of the
Bible in Washington, D.C. Massachusetts Congressmember Ayanna Pressley
tweeted in response, "As a Black woman & the Chair of the abortion
access task force, I invite you to come by the Hill and say this to my
face. Would welcome the opportunity to educate you."


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