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Even Democrat Massachusetts Lawmakers Call State's New Abortion-Until-Birth Law ‘Barbaric’

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What happened Even Democrat Massachusetts Lawmakers Call State's New Abortion-Until-Birth Law ‘Barbaric’.
The headline split NewsBusters frames it as "Even Democrat Massachusetts Lawmakers Call State's New Abortion-Until-Birth Law ‘Barbaric’". Breitbart frames it as "Several Massachusetts Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abort...".
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Right / center-rightEven Democrat Massachusetts Lawmakers Call State's New Abortion-Until-Birth Law ‘Barbaric’

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NewsBustersNews report · Aug 17, 5:19 PM

Even Democrat Massachusetts Lawmakers Call State's New Abortion-Until-Birth Law ‘Barbaric’

Even Democrat Massachusetts Lawmakers Call State's New Abortion-Until-Birth Law ‘Barbaric’ Nine Democrat Massachusetts state representatives stood up to 123 of their party colleagues by vot...

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WNDNews report · Aug 17, 6:09 PM

‘Uncivilized’: Even Democrats in party of abortion say 1 plan goes too far

'It represents an extremist and dangerous position'

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BreitbartNews report · Aug 17, 5:00 PM

Several Massachusetts Democrats Break with Party over ‘Barbaric’ New Law Legalizing Abortions Up Until Birth

Several Massachusetts state lawmakers broke with their party and rejected a new law that legalizes killing unborn babies in abortions up until the moment of birth.

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