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Kirsten Engel: “There's really no other healthcare decision that we regulate…”

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

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Abortion Roundtable

Published | Video Starts at 06:52

And what we talked about is how it felt like just this huge slap across the face, like you're not in charge. And it just felt very disrespectful, dismissive. And There's really no other healthcare decision that we regulate and we give to other people, politicians, to make these kinds of decisions. And here, as a result of taking away Dobbs, taking away that privacy right, where within that realm of privacy, we can talk to our doctors, we can talk to our minister, our rabbi, we can talk these issues through with our family members. (06:52–07:02)

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Asserts that reproductive health care decisions are uniquely regulated by politicians compared to other healthcare decisions.

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