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On the recordSeptember 22, 2016
It is undisputed that the Constitution guarantees women in this country what I believe is the most fundamental and personal decision they will ever make about their reproductive health--whether or not to have children--and the Supreme Court made that clear in 1973 in Roe v. Wade.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen asserts the constitutional right to reproductive health decisions established by Roe v. Wade.

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