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Rosa DeLauro: “I doubt that the women in the great state of Kentucky think that having a child is a, quote, 'perk.'”

On the recordJune 23, 2021
I doubt that the women in the great state of Kentucky think that having a child is a, quote, 'perk.'
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Challenges the notion that maternity is a privilege rather than a fundamental right.

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