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Mark Pocan: “It directs the CDC to surveil pregnancies.”

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 45:07

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. (45:07–45:12)

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Asserts that a proposal would direct the CDC to monitor pregnancies.

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