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Jackie Speier: “I had a procedure at 17 weeks pregnant with a child I lost a baby. But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest as…”

On the recordJune 24, 2022
I had a procedure at 17 weeks pregnant with a child I lost a baby. But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest as you have that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous.
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Jackie Speier
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Jackie Speier discusses her personal experience with abortion and criticizes the perception that such procedures are taken lightly.

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