Gretchen Whitmer: “My colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle pushed…”

“We've been able to deliver on a lot of good things, but it took a long time. I mean, it was a lot of work that went into this. You know, when I was in the state senate, My colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle pushed through legislation that made it harder for women to access abortion care. I called it rape insurance because it required that a woman pre purchase abortion coverage in the event she got pregnant. So you had to pre plan for an un unexpected event.” (29:28–29:37)

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