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On the recordMarch 19, 2017
Millions and millions of women who have apprehensions about Roe v. Wade and whether you would vote to overturn it will find very little basis for confidence in what you have said about those decisions.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin expresses concern for women's confidence in reproductive rights amidst judicial uncertainties.

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