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January 31, 2013

AP: Foes, supporters debate Wash. abortion insurance bill at House hearing

by Jonathan Kaminsky
The Associated Press

OLYMPIA — Abortion rights supporters and opponents packed a Washington state House hearing Thursday and debated a measure that would require insurers to pay for the procedure.

Supporters call the bill the Reproductive Parity Act and say it’s intended to preserve existing abortion coverage once new health insurance rules come into effect under the federal health care law. 

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