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- ↑ "A photo of this woman's stillborn baby was used in an anti-abortion video without her permission". The Independent. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ Montana Human Rights Network. Missionaries to the Preborn: Combining Anti-Choice Rhetoric and the Militia Movement. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
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