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On the recordNovember 3, 2021
It is rather bizarre that at this late date, 40-some-odd years after Roe v. Wade that we have to have a hearing on this.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon expresses disbelief over the need for hearings on abortion rights decades after Roe v. Wade.

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