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Kristin Lyerly: “ACOG stand[s] up and say[s], you know what? We're not going…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Wisconsin ob-gyn discusses her service on ACOG, a national board to advance women's healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 00:58

… this challenging environment, this challenging political environment where we're seeing politicians attack us for reproductive rights, certainly. But even with research and DEI initiatives, it is so thrilling to see ACOG stand[s] up and say[s], you know what? We're not going to take that federal funding. Because we know that got a lot of applause when that got mentioned this morning. ACOG getting out of the federal funding business and saying, we don't want those strings attached. (00:58–01:02)

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