You know, this morning, when the decision came out, Anderson, my reaction to it was as a mother and a grandmother of two daughters and two granddaughters, it wasn't as a former elected official or reproductive rights champion, it was understanding on a very personal level, what this was going to mean for them, and what it's going to mean for our granddaughters and daughters across this country in states where abortion will now be illegal.
Wendy Davis expressed her personal feelings about the impact of the ruling on future generations of women.
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You know, until a right is taken away, and let's face it, it's the first time in our country's history that something like this has happened, that a constitutional protection was stripped away.
These people, who cannot afford the ability, to leave work, to find care, for the children that they already have, to afford to travel, and have a procedure, elsewhere, and the overnight stays? They are going to be trapped, in a situation…
The focus needs to be on 49 years of legislative jurisprudence that has allowed women the rights to control our futures, our destinies, our own bodies by doing that.
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