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Eric Hovde: “Almost all of Western Europe allows a woman the right to…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 03:45

If you look at most of Western Europe, they resolved this decades ago. I mean, you know, I think Germany's at 12 weeks. France is at 14 weeks. Almost all of Western Europe allows a woman the right to choose in the first trimester. But there becomes a point when a baby can be born healthy and alive that I'm opposed to having an abortion. Is your number at 12 or 15 weeks, or are you going to reveal that to voters? (03:45–03:51)

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Asserts that almost all of Western Europe permits abortion in the first trimester.

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