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On the recordJanuary 27, 2020
So we could look and see a policy choice. If you say if I call the police, if I live in HUD housing or in Section 8 housing, because of intimate partner violence I can get kicked out, when I am pregnant that rule makes me at higher risk of actually dying.
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Lucy McBath
Democratic · Georgia

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Highlighting the dangers of policies that penalize domestic violence victims in housing situations.

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