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Ken Paxton: “More than 54,000 [babies] last year in Texas and more than…”

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Testifies on Abortion Provider Practices

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

The true abomination in all of this is the institution of abortion, even if their body parts are never sold or never used for research. For the babies who were killed in abortion clinics, More than 54,000 [babies] last year in Texas and more than 57 million in the United States since 1973 [were killed in abortion clinics]. Their fate is in a plastic b in a refrigerator, an anonymous disposal in an incinerator somewhere. (01:58–02:00)

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Asserts that over 54,000 abortions occurred in Texas last year and over 57 million in the U.S. since 1973.

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