House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her pro-choice beliefs on Thursday, telling reporters that the politicization of abortion rights across the US is “something uniquely American.” Pelosi’s remarks came after the California Democrat was pressed on whether she agreed with the late Pope John Paul II and current Pope Francis on their repeated stance that abortion is considered murder according to the Catholic church. “Do you agree with Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II that abortion is murder?” a reporter asked Pelosi – who publicly identifies as Catholic.
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