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Mike Johnson: “This was exactly a year before Roe v. Wade. January of 72…”

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

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Speaker Johnson on Pod Force One with Miranda Devine

Published | Video Starts at 17:58

You had teenage parents and tell us about that because your mother was. They were still at high school and your mother was advised to abort you. Yeah. This was exactly a year before Roe v. Wade. January of 72. Roe was 73 in January, but abortion was still available. And, you know, there were teenagers and people said, you should go take care of that problem. (17:58–18:07)

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Asserts that abortion was available in January 1972, a year before Roe v. Wade.

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