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On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Your vote would have had the effect of allowing employers to fire a woman for using birth control or for other decisions she makes about her own body and reproductive health.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Senator Hassan criticizes a vote that could harm women's reproductive rights.

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