Emilia Sykes: “700,000 people signed [petitions] across the state, got it…”

“And the fact that they took this fight to the streets. They gathered their friends, they got petitions 700,000 people signed [petitions] across the state, got it on the ballot. had to go through not one, but two elections where Republicans played all kinds of dirty tricks. But now we are able to say we have access to birth control, abortion care, miscarriage care, and the full range of full term pregnancies.” (03:06–03:11)

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