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On the recordSeptember 29, 2021
for our most marginalized communities, the right to abortion guaranteed by Roe v. Wade has really only been a right in name only.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the limitations of abortion rights for marginalized communities.

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