Pelosi dodges abortion question, cites motherhood

By Susan Ferrechio

Published June 17, 2021 4:36pm ET

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Pelosi dodges abortion question, cites motherhood — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday declined to answer a question about second-trimester abortion, citing her own experience as a mother.

A reporter asked Pelosi whether “an unborn baby at 15 weeks is a human being.”

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