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    Abortion Making a Comeback in This Year's Midterm Elections

    Republicans aren't backing away from opposing abortion. How's it likely to play in this year's midterm campaigns for the Senate and Congress.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 23, 2014 • 51m Listen

    Despite losses suffered in the last national elections, Republicans aren't backing away from opposing abortion. It's a potent issue in many states, and the GOP is finding new ways to frame it. We hear how it's likely to play in this year's mid-term campaigns for the Senate and Congress. Also, another watchdog group says NSA phone record program is illegal. On today's Talking Point, Edward Snowden wasn't the only intelligence agent whose security clearance was flawed. The Justice Department says there were 660,000 such cases in four-years.

    Banner image: 2013 March for Life. Photo: sjakofclifeline

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