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On the recordSeptember 28, 2022
So, in this moment where you, as lawmakers, have been given the green light to take away our power of our most personal decisions, I want to close by asking you this question: Who are you going to be? Will you sit in judgment of people who are pregnant without knowing them or their circumstances, or will you listen to me, to us, and be the compassion that our country so desperately needs right now?
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Carolyn Maloney
Democratic · New York

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Maloney urges lawmakers to show compassion in personal decision-making regarding pregnancy.

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