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EVEN MORE MOLOCH, ER, TALARICO: ‘The Bible Is Silent on The issue: of Abortion.’

Instapundit and The Christian Post describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened EVEN MORE MOLOCH, ER, TALARICO: ‘The Bible Is Silent on The issue:::: of Abortion.’.
The headline split Instapundit frames it as "EVEN MORE MOLOCH, ER, TALARICO: ‘The Bible Is Silent on The issue: of Abortion.’". The Christian Post frames it as "Talarico claims Bible is 'silent' on abortion, says 10-year-old girls 'need abortion care'".
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Right / center-rightEVEN MORE MOLOCH, ER, TALARICO: ‘The Bible Is Silent on The issue: of Abortion.’

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InstapunditOpinion · Oct 16, 12:45 AM

EVEN MORE MOLOCH, ER, TALARICO: ‘The Bible Is Silent on The issue: of Abortion.’

EVEN MORE MOLOCH, ER, TALARICO: ‘The Bible Is Silent on The issue::: of Abortion.’

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The Christian PostNews report · Oct 16, 12:19 AM

Talarico claims Bible is 'silent' on abortion, says 10-year-old girls 'need abortion care'

Texas state Rep. James Talarico returned to the campaign trail Wednesday for a CNN town hall, where he sat face-to-face with voters to answer their toughest questions, including on life in...

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