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Ayanna Pressley: “Current law restricts Medicaid funds from covering abortion care for women in communities across the United States.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
Current law restricts Medicaid funds from covering abortion care for women in communities across the United States.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley discusses the impact of Medicaid restrictions on abortion access.

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