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Nancy Pelosi: “We had a vote on Roe v. Wade the first time in the history…”

Featuring: Nancy Pelosi, Democratic | Speaker Emerita, U.S. House California, District 11

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Published | Video Starts at 58:16

Many serious Republicans out there and who see, here's what the Republicans have told me outside Republicans, not in the Congress. Well, let me just give you some inventory. You know, We had a vote on Roe v. Wade the first time in the history of our country that freedom was pulled back. from the beginning of our country. This constitution of the United States, bad in some respects of slavery and that kind of thing, but amendable, abolished slavery. (58:16–58:25)

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Asserts that the vote on Roe v. Wade was the first time in U.S. history that freedom was reduced.

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