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The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. NARAL Official Discusses AG Opinion:MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained a legal opinion from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) arguing that abortion clinics should be regulated as surgery centers, which would force them to make structural changes, obtain hospital admitting privileges and meet other requirements…

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