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On the recordOctober 1, 2021
As a black woman, these state level abortion bans are deadly. I`m compelled to speak out because of the real risks of the clock being turned back to those days before Roe versus Wade, to the days when I was a teenager and had a back alley abortion in Mexico.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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msnbc.com

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Barbara Lee discusses the dangers of state-level abortion bans, sharing her personal experience with abortion.

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