Joe Manchin: I Support 20-Week Abortion Limit in Principle

Published March 10, 2014 3:28pm ET



In a statement to THE WEEKLY STANDARD Monday, Democratic U.S. senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he’s “supportive of the the principles” in the late-term abortion ban that passed his state’s legislature by an overwhelming margin this weekend. Manchin did not say if he will vote for a similar piece of federal legislation that would prohibit most abortions during the final four months of pregnancy. 

Manchin’s full statement:

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