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Mike Johnson: “I was born in January 1972, a year before Roe, in January…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson delivers remarks at the SBA Pro-Life America Gala

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

Okay, thank you. I'm standing. Thank you. If somebody had not conveyed the idea to my young parents that every life is sacred. And so I think often about my generation. I was born in January 1972, a year before Roe, in January 73. as we all know, and I've seen different estimates, and we may have better experts on the numbers in here than me on all this, but somewhere between one half and one third of my entire generation was not allowed to be born. (02:27–02:32)

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Asserts that Mike Johnson was born in January 1972, a year before Roe v. Wade.

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