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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2012 file photo, Robert Soltis, of Newtown, Conn., pauses after making the sign of the cross at a memorial to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in Newtown. Adam Lanza walked into the school on Dec. 14, 2012, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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State Rep. Amanda Price, Republican, defended the measure requiring women to purchase an insurance rider that covers abortions saying that "abortion is an individual choice." (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)
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State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, Democrat, revealed that she was a victim of rape two decade ago and that if she had gotten pregnant she would not have health coverage for an abortion under the new law.
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In this Dec. 12, 2013, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio rebukes conservative groups who oppose the pending bipartisan budget compromise struck by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican establishment’s much-anticipated pushback against the tea party wing is underway. Boehner made that clear, when he renewed his earlier denunciation of groups that try to defeat GOP incumbents they consider too willing to compromise with Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
