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Spoken too soon?

The Catholic League was thrilled with Obama’s surgeon general pick, a practicing Catholic, but we’re wondering if they missed the memo on one important point: Dr. Regina Benjamin supports abortion rights.

The advocacy group has already been pondering Benjamin’s policy influence in anti-abortion efforts, what with Benjamin already being blessed by the pope for her medical work in rural Alabama.

A person of faith defying assumptions? Go figure.


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