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Brenda Lawrence: “I find it ironic that my colleagues on the other side keep talking about giving the states the right to choose about…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2022
I find it ironic that my colleagues on the other side keep talking about giving the states the right to choose about abortion, but you want to take their right to choose away from a woman.
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Lawrence criticizes the contradiction in the opposition's stance on states' rights versus women's rights.

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