House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday dodged a question about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s controversial comments this week in which he suggested babies could be aborted at extremely late stages of pregnancy in cases involving “severe deformities.”

In a press conference Thursday, Pelosi steered clear of Northam’s remarks and the debate over a Virginia state lawmaker’s proposal to allow abortions up until birth.

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