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Jill Karofsky: “I wrote about my own grandmother who died because of very…”

Featuring: Jill Karofsky, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Wisconsin's chief justice talks about her new role

Published | Video Starts at 02:51

… states that restrict abortion care, including her own great grandmother writing, quote, she took matters into her own hands and. And ultimately bled to death in a Boston hospital. And I wrote about my own grandmother who died because of very restrictive abortion laws over 100 years ago. So I think, keeping in mind that real people are impacted by the work that we're do that we do. So is the court more divided these days? (02:51–03:00)

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Asserts that her grandmother died due to restrictive abortion laws over 100 years ago.

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