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Kirsten Engel: “My daughter, who's now a senior in high school, has fewer…”

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 07:26

And first and foremost, you know, protecting reproductive, healthcare, rights of women, the fundamental freedom of women to make their own reproductive healthcare rights. And it is quite incredible and frustrating to me that My daughter, who's now a senior in high school, has fewer rights than I did, and that maybe even her grandmother did, as a result of the Supreme Court overturning Roe versus Wade. I believe that, you know, the issue of abortion is a very personal issue. It's an issue with privacy and an issue that people should be left to make that decision by themselves, with their doctor, their family, their minister, their rabbi. (07:26–07:40)

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Asserts that the overturning of Roe v. Wade has reduced reproductive rights for women.

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