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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Without the protections of statehood, the people who I represent, D.C. residents, are uniquely threatened by the Supreme…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2022
Without the protections of statehood, the people who I represent, D.C. residents, are uniquely threatened by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton highlights the risks D.C. residents face post-Roe v. Wade without statehood.

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