Abortion enters health care debate

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Abortion opponents in Congress are trying to block any new federal insurance subsidies from going to health plans ? public or private ? that cover abortion. We talk to New York Times Washington correspondent David Kirkpatrick, who reported on the story in today’s Times: “Abortion Fight Complicates Debate on Health Care.”

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