There's hundreds of thousands of women who are going to be deprived because of this decision of a benefit at work to which they're legally entitled.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “There's hundreds of thousands of women who are going to be deprived because of this decision of a benefit at work to…”
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Ginsburg speaks out against a decision affecting women's access to contraception coverage.
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