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James Lankford: “The Hyde Amendment was a compromise 50 years ago that was…”

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

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Lankford Discusses Iran, Greenland, and March for Life on Durant's KLBC Radio

Published | Video Starts at 10:08

There'll be hundreds of thousands of people in Washington D.C. just singing and listening to speakers and clapping and rejoicing and talking about how beautiful life is. And so it'll be a big deal for John, just a gathering there. But The Hyde Amendment was a compromise 50 years ago that was made. And the Hyde Amendment simply is in federal law. And it simply says, yeah, we're not outlawing abortion across the whole country, but we're also not making people pay for … (10:08–10:13)

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