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Ted Cruz: “No 8 year old or 10 year old can decide, I never want to be…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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OCTOBER 7 - ONE YEAR LATER Verdict Ep. 208.

Published | Video Starts at 29:15

And look, my view, which I think is the common sense view of the vast majority of Texans is that a child doesn't have the emotional maturity to make that decision, that No 8 year old or 10 year old can decide, I never want to be a father, I never want to be a mother. and go in and make it so that I can never, never have children. I think it is a very reasonable position to say if you're going to do something … (29:15–29:22)

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Asserts that children lack the emotional maturity to make permanent decisions about their reproductive futures.

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