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Wendy Davis: “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…”

On the recordJune 23, 2022
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.

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Wendy Davis discusses the significance of the Supreme Court's ruling as a historic event where a constitutional protection has been removed.

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