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Ayanna Pressley: “What we have seen is a policy violence in nearly half of the states in our country, which have introduced 43 bills this…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2022
What we have seen is a policy violence in nearly half of the states in our country, which have introduced 43 bills this year alone that only would deepen those inequities, particularly for transgender people, by restricting access to gender-affirming care
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights legislative actions harming transgender healthcare access.

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