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John James: “There's nothing that can be done legislatively at the…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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Published | Video Starts at 12:37

If you're a woman in this state, you can have an abortion. In fact, nationwide, abortions have actually increased since Roe v. Wade was overturned. There's nothing that can be done legislatively at the federal level. And even if it could, it has no chance of passing with 60 votes in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Well, people said that Roe v. Wade could never be turned over at the Supreme Court, and it is. And we did vote. But then we saw an Alabama Supreme Court try to ban in vitro. (12:37–12:50)

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Asserts that federal legislation on abortion has no chance of passing with 60 votes in the Senate and the House.

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