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James Lankford: “In the United States, supposedly we have freedom of…”

Featuring: James Lankford, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Human dignity and public policy

Published | Video Starts at 14:01

Most of the time people will say, no, you shouldn't have to think like me. And I'm gonna go, well, let me talk to you a little bit about conscience protections, because In the United States, supposedly we have freedom of conscience, but it doesn't actually exist. Because in the United States there are nurses that had been fired, though when they were hired, they were told they would never have to do an abortion. (14:01–14:06)

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Asserts that freedom of conscience does not actually exist in the United States.

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