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Carl Marlinga: “I don't think that a woman's decision about her health care…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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Meet the Candidates 2022: Carl Marlinga, Candidate for Michigan's 10th Congressional District

Published | Video Starts at 27:12

… the big ones that I personally believe is important to reinstate is the right for every woman to be able to make her own choices about her reproductive health care. I don't think that a woman's decision about her health care should be between her, her physician and a county prosecutor. I think that these are private matters that government should not reach in. I, as a Roman Catholic, may believe one way, but I do not believe that I have the right to impose my personal religious beliefs on anybody else. (27:12–27:21)

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Asserts that women's healthcare decisions should not involve a county prosecutor.

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