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On the recordSeptember 22, 2016
In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court recognized a woman's constitutional right to make what is perhaps the most personal of healthcare decisions--when to start a family--free from undue government interference.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers highlights the constitutional right established by Roe v. Wade regarding women's healthcare decisions.

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