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Chris Van Hollen: “This Texas law is blatantly unconstitutional. It clearly violates Roe v. Wade, and that’s what Judge Pitman found, and…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
This Texas law is blatantly unconstitutional. It clearly violates Roe v. Wade, and that’s what Judge Pitman found, and he laid it all out there in the over 100-page opinion, I think a very airtight argument.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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msnbc.com

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Van Hollen comments on the unconstitutionality of the Texas abortion law as determined by Judge Pitman.

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