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The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. Video ‘12th & Delaware’ Generates Buzz: A video from NARAL Pro-Choice America features viewers’ reactions to a screening of “12th & Delaware” — a documentary that juxtaposes the work of a Florida abortion clinic and a crisis pregnancy center across the street…

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