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Published 12/18/2008 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government published a rule on Thursday that it defined as protecting the conscience of health care workers but which opponents call a thinly veiled attempt to deny legal abortion and contraception services to women.
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