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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Who gets to decide? Does the government get to decide whether or not--whether and when a woman can be pregnant, or is…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2022
Who gets to decide? Does the government get to decide whether or not--whether and when a woman can be pregnant, or is that a decision--a personal healthcare decision that is--should be made and left to the woman, her family, her faith, and her doctor?
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Wasserman Schultz questions government control over women's reproductive choices.

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