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Kristin Lyerly: “I joined the attorney general to fight that ban and I'm…”

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

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Kristin Lyerly on Maggie Daun Show

Published | Video Starts at 30:28

I saw on your website that you were driving across to Minnesota to give care. Yeah. Yeah. Well, when Dobbs happened, we stopped performing all abortion care in Wisconsin because of an 1849 criminal ban. I joined the attorney general to fight that ban and I'm really proud to say that it's my name on the judgment that brought abortion care back to Wisconsin. Yeah, it's your lawsuit. Yeah, it's my lawsuit. But as a result of that, the anti abortion folks have come after my medical license. They filed a complaint against my license, which was dismissed. (30:28–30:37)

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Asserts involvement in a legal judgment that restored abortion care in Wisconsin.

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