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Kerry Pledges to Press for Abortion Rights

NPR | By David Welna
Published April 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

President Bush's Democratic challenger, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, says he will make abortion rights a major theme of his campaign. He spoke Friday at a rally for abortion rights in Washington, D.C., and also to the American Society of Newspaper Editors. NPR's David Welna reports.

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