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Kirsten Engel: “If you cheer the repeal of Roe vs Wade, you are letting…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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Green Valley Democrats October 8, 2022 Program-Kirsten Engel

Published | Video Starts at 08:23

So that is going to be a critical, critical issue in this election because I am running against somebody who is anti abortion, Juan Siscomani, who cheered the repeal of Roe versus Wade. And I don't care what he says. If you cheer the repeal of Roe vs Wade, you are letting politicians make health care decisions and you are letting laws go into place that have no exceptions for rape or incest. And that's, that's clearly what he knew would happen and has happened here in Arizona, although the law right now is, as, as you may know, very, very unsettled. (08:23–08:38)

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