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The politics behind the fetal pain law
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Sen. Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, the lead Senate negotiator on the bill, supports legalized abortion. She says she did not like the fetal pain language. She agreed to the measure since it does not affect many abortions, and lawmakers were under pressure to finish a bill that played a key role in causing the partial government shutdown. (MPR File Photo)

Sen. Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, the lead Senate negotiator on the bill, supports legalized abortion. She says she did not like the fetal pain language. She agreed to the measure since it does not affect many abortions, and lawmakers were under pressure to finish a bill that played a key role in causing the partial government shutdown.

(MPR File Photo)
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