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Jerry Nadler: “Forcing people to stay pregnant against their will, is a punishment.”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
Forcing people to stay pregnant against their will, is a punishment.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler emphasizes the punitive nature of abortion bans.

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