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James Lankford: “We still have this one form of health care in America that…”

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

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Lankford Speaks on the Senate Floor About the Value of Life

Published | Video Starts at 07:08

I'm not making this up. And so you now have your premiums together, but it's defined as being separate. Only in government can you define separate as meaning together. So We still have this one form of health care in America that violates this 50 year old compromise [against using taxpayer dollars for abortions]. We don't use taxpayer dollars and compel Americans who actually value children to pay for the taking of life of a child. We're still working on that. (07:08–07:16)

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Asserts that a form of health care violates a longstanding compromise on taxpayer funding for abortions.

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