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On the recordJune 3, 2019
If women cannot make decisions about their reproductive health, they cannot make decisions about starting a career, going to school, opening a business, and planning their lives.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Women need reproductive rights to make life choices.

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