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Melissa Ratcliff: “I applaud Governor Evers and Josh Colin filing this lawsuit…”

Featuring: Melissa Ratcliff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 16th District

Know Your Candidates: WI Assembly, District 46 - Melissa Ratcliff (D)

Published July 11, 2022 | Video Starts at 06:27

And the health care is a right and everyone deserves access to health care. It impacts our communities, our people, the way of living. And then to your point about with abortion, I applaud Governor Evers and Josh Colin filing this lawsuit in order to define what Wisconsin law is. I can't believe that our rights have been taken away from women. It's appalling. And the number one thing that I hear at doors is the women's concern about that. (06:27–06:39)

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Asserts support for a lawsuit filed by Governor Evers and Josh Colin to define Wisconsin law.

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