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Summer Lee: “The freedom of women in this nation has just been denied, that women do not have freedom, freedom over their own bodies…”

On the recordMay 11, 2022
The freedom of women in this nation has just been denied, that women do not have freedom, freedom over their own bodies, freedom over their own thoughts, over their own rights.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee discusses the implications of the Senate's vote against the Women's Health Protection Act, emphasizing the denial of women's rights.

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