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Kristin Lyerly: “The number we quote is 14 times more dangerous to carry the…”

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

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I still want to control the pregnant person and don't want to let the family dealing with that horrible scenario decide what is best for their family. We're just gonna make them carry the pregnancy, which is so much more dangerous. The number we quote is 14 times more dangerous to carry the pregnancy than to have an abortion in the first trimester. That abnormal pregnancies have more risk than normal pregnancies. Yes. And I don't know if you saw this new data that came out, but there was a study that was … (09:22–09:30)

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Asserts that carrying a pregnancy is 14 times more dangerous than having a first-trimester abortion.

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