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Washington, DC, Residents Deserve the Right to Assess and Meet Their Own Community's Needs

Document Date: July 7, 2009
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Since 1980, Congress has prohibited the use of federal funds appropriated for the District of Columbia to pay for abortion services except in cases where the woman’s life is endangered or she is a victim of rape or incest.

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