{"id":34413,"date":"2025-07-01T21:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=34413"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:46:03","slug":"defund-planned-parenthood-already-and-show-how-life-giving-a-nation-we-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/defund-planned-parenthood-already-and-show-how-life-giving-a-nation-we-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Defund Planned Parenthood, Already &#8211; and Show How Life-Giving a Nation We Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>By:  Kathryn Jean Lopez, originally published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/defund-planned-parenthood-already-life-giving-nation\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&amp;utm_medium=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=right-rail&amp;utm_content=corner&amp;utm_term=fourth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 30, 2025, National Review<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The House voted to defund Planned Parenthood for ten years. This weekend, we learned that the Senate version of the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d will only commit to a year without taxpayer funding going to the abortion giant. This is still the closest Congress has come to defunding Planned Parenthood, period, so pro-life groups will take it as a win \u2014 albeit not as enthusiastically as the House iteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On social media Saturday morning, Kristan Hawkins from Students for Life wondered why senators simply wouldn\u2019t commit to more just to keep the \u201cDefund Planned Parenthood\u201d campaigns away:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the GOP were smart, they would defund Planned Parenthood &amp; big abortion for the max ten years, so they would stop hearing from us about it. <br><br>Trump wants abortion out of the federal government, and this just gives it a one year pause. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6cqwN80WiE\">pic.twitter.com\/6cqwN80WiE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristanHawkins\/status\/1938940534556373242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hawkins was taking time away from a pro-life Celebrate Life weekend in D.C. Also, over the weekend, about 5,000 people showed up outside of Planned Parenthoods for Live Action-organized defund rallies. Signs focused on both the abortion aspect of the abortion giant and the gender-transition work they do now, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Students for Life and the Celebrate Life Weekend, by the way, had what they were dubbing the U.S.\u2019s biggest diaper drive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StudentsforLife?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StudentsforLife<\/a> for an amazing diaper drive this weekend.  So many families will benefit. A monthly supply of diapers costs about $100. 400,000 diapers will go a long way. We support reproductive choice to have a baby and will provide resources! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HoNeJtEFFF\">pic.twitter.com\/HoNeJtEFFF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kristen Day (@ProLifeDem) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProLifeDem\/status\/1939680712518459810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I was at a perfunctory Defund rally in lower Manhattan Saturday morning, outside the former flagship center (the one once named after Margaret Sanger) that is among the Planned Parenthoods that are supposed to be&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2025\/03\/the-end-of-my-planned-parenthood\/\">shutting down<\/a>. For now, though, they are still providing chemical abortions and puberty blockers on Bleecker Street \u2014 and referrals for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Saturdays used to be a big surgical abortion day there \u2014 you\u2019ve seen some of the confrontations over the years covered here and elsewhere when abortion activists and other progressive\/anarchist New Yorkers would protest a monthly prayer vigil. But it\u2019s now closed on Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There was a security guard keeping watch, half inside\/half outside, occasionally telling the small group of pro-lifers to keep their signs from leaning against the side of the building. (Two counter-rally-ers with homemade signs halfheartedly told passersby \u201cPlanned Parenthood is health care. Planned Parenthood does not kill babies.\u201d Those who bothered to stop must have heard \u201cbabies\u201d and appeared ready to argue, until they realized they were on the same side.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">One of the Live Action signs did mention Planned Parenthood killing babies. If you\u2019ve got even the homemade sign gals on the defensive, that\u2019s probably a street-corner communications win. So, too, with the woman who decided to confiscate signs leaning on a tree. She walked away carrying the defund Planned Parenthood message until she dumped them. And if she didn\u2019t destroy them . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Passerby decided to confiscate some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> signs, which did mean she walked a few blocks carrying the message <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4TIC5EHtBC\">pic.twitter.com\/4TIC5EHtBC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynlopez\/status\/1938988448049713607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Manhattan wasn\u2019t the most happening rally, but there were scenes on social media from some better attended demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">I\u2019m told Pullman, Wash., and Orange County, Calif., had the largest turnouts (80-100):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 80 participants at the Defund Day rally in Pullman, Washington, demanding Planned Parenthood be defunded! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LiveAction<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PattyMurray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PattyMurray<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaCantwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MariaCantwell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeCrapo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeCrapo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRisch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorRisch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O3xve6wwoJ\">pic.twitter.com\/O3xve6wwoJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kelsie Zornes (@Kzorn82011) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kzorn82011\/status\/1939049511005102233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Meridian, Idaho:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nichols_senator\/status\/1939039084175073497\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mariette, Ga.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We don&#39;t want Planned Parenthood to get any more of our money.&quot;<br><br>&quot;This is not healthcare. This is murder.&quot;<br><br>&quot;Someone has to protect the lives of these babies.&quot;<br><br>Pro-life advocates speaking up in Mariette, GA to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xBg98QQMwT\">https:\/\/t.co\/xBg98QQMwT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RkZlFN0oUb\">pic.twitter.com\/RkZlFN0oUb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Live Action (@LiveAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1939055293029331233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Louisville. Ky.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dozens in Louisville, Kentucky demand the Senate defund Planned Parenthood!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cEAsovDvLL\">pic.twitter.com\/cEAsovDvLL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1938992374446764168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And this lady is preaching and should be heard far and wide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c80% of Planned Parenthoods are located in inner city minority neighborhoods \u2014 preying upon them\u201d <br><br>-Pro-Life Leader in KY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7gWOHAAPHA\">pic.twitter.com\/7gWOHAAPHA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1938993158647370052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Cincinnati, Ohio:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not one dime. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/defundpp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@defundpp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AcIQbaL6T8\">https:\/\/t.co\/AcIQbaL6T8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8bLkJGiMNF\">pic.twitter.com\/8bLkJGiMNF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gail Finke (@gailfinke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gailfinke\/status\/1938968790290833691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bend, Ore.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We got more honks, waves, and thumbs up than middle fingers. <br><br>We live in Oregon. There are more pro-lifers than you think. We just need to be louder and more bold about our advocacy for the babies! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LiveAction<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0gTNuGnnc6\">pic.twitter.com\/0gTNuGnnc6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; sami parker (@sunburntsami) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunburntsami\/status\/1939026253807526004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">D.C.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today outside the D.C. Planned Parenthood, Survivors South Carolina missionary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jessicanewelll?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jessicanewelll<\/a> and our D.C. missionary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristinForLife?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KristinForLife<\/a> relishing in the newfound victory with the Medina v Planned Parenthood SCOTUS decision &amp; advocating for the complete defunding of Planned\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xnYGpEZz6e\">pic.twitter.com\/xnYGpEZz6e<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Survivors (@TheSurvivors_US) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSurvivors_US\/status\/1939153751954325690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Morristown, N.J.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We would love to see this Planned Parenthood out of our town.&quot;<br><br>&quot;Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of abortions in the country. Why do we need to fund an organization whose main purpose is to destroy our future, to destroy unborn babies?&quot;<br><br>&quot;We need to give money to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1crjZwm52L\">pic.twitter.com\/1crjZwm52L<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Live Action (@LiveAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1939322970238828707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Alaska:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Soldotna, AK closed its Planned Parenthood 3 years ago.<br><br>Next up: Anchorage.<br><br>Planned Parenthood facilities across the country are closing down\u2014with the corporation predicting 1 in 4 more will close if defunded. <br><br>Let&#39;s finish this!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7TaqChsbO\">pic.twitter.com\/r7TaqChsbO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Live Action (@LiveAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1939390912813265280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Albuquerque, N.M.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 60 pro-life advocates rallied in Albuquerque, NM, calling on Congress to end forced taxpayer funding of abortion.<br><br>Let&#39;s finish this!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPlannedParenthood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPlannedParenthood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LjiZzU7KWC\">pic.twitter.com\/LjiZzU7KWC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Live Action (@LiveAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1939375814606201265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">San Francisco (you get points for bravery there):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/prolifesf\/status\/1939069835901837665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1939069835901837665%7Ctwgr%5E2dad4774e28c6848b44c5465531569ceb7ea573f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fcorner%2Fdefund-planned-parenthood-already-life-giving-nation%2F\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">From the look and feel of many of the rallies, these were some of the same men and women who are regulars \u2014 offering pro-life counseling (otherwise known as options that are not abortion \u2014 actual choice) and prayers \u2014 outside Planned Parenthood. Ever since<em>&nbsp;Dobbs<\/em>, people ask: Will the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/marchforlife.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March for Life<\/a>&nbsp;continue in January? Yes, it will. Because&nbsp;<em>Roe<\/em>&nbsp;happened and we cannot erase it from our history. Because D.C. needs to be reminded America is and should be better than abortion. High school and college students need to know lives are impacted \u2014 and ended \u2014 because of decisions in D.C. The March for Life is a name-brand organization that can get people moving. I\u2019ve never known pro-life rallies to work how rallies appear to on the left. First, we don\u2019t tend to pay people. Second, we don\u2019t wake up in the morning, decide we\u2019re unhappy, and look to join a protest. I generalize, but that\u2019s the difference I\u2019ve seen over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The March for Life, by the way, has state marches in addition to the D.C. one. Because we are free to have the debate in the states thanks to&nbsp;<em>Dobbs<\/em>. And so we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And, yes, Congress should Defund Planned Parenthood. And Congress and the states and the rest of us \u2014 civil society and every single one of us \u2014 should be inundating people with resources for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><em>Kathryn Jean Lopez&nbsp;is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and an editor-at-large of&nbsp;National Review.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Kathryn Jean Lopez, originally published June 30, 2025, National Review The House voted to defund Planned Parenthood for ten years. This weekend, we learned that the Senate version of the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d will only commit to a year without taxpayer funding going to the abortion giant. 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