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Mark Pocan: “It allows state bans on medically necessary abortions.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan town hall in Green Bay

Published | Video Starts at 45:04

And by the time you challenge it and overturn it, likely this would be in place. And here in Wisconsin, we know that laws from the 18 hundreds can come back in context. It allows state bans on medically necessary abortions. It directs the CDC to surveil pregnancies. And this is part of that data collection that it's going to do on every single case in a state of limit fertility treatments, including IVF, directly, in contrast with the most recent statement by Donald Trump. (45:04–45:08)

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