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Kirsten Engel: “The next step, if they had the political power, would be a…”

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

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Abortion Roundtable

Published | Video Starts at 19:19

… been seeing, I feel Republican extremists have been emboldened by this and they've made it their mission to go as far as they can, right up to the edge, really. The next step, if they had the political power, would be a national abortion ban. They haven't gone quite that far yet, but they've gone. We've seen it with my opponent. There are choices to do it. It's out there. (19:19–19:25)

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Asserts that Republican extremists would pursue a national abortion ban if they had the political power.

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