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Kristin Lyerly: “We need access to this life-saving medication…”

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

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I really appreciated some of the words that he said. He called the restrictions on mifepristone arbitrary and capricious. Yeah, which we are. Yeah, they are. We need access to this life-saving medication [mifepristone]. And you know, maybe it would be helpful, Erin, to review why mifepristone is so important because we know that medication abortion can just be misoprostol. Alone, that is okay. (12:40–12:44)

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Asserts the necessity of access to mifepristone as a life-saving medication.

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