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Ned Lamont: “I really hope we send people to Congress that make Roe v…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses Economic Plans, Crime, and Reproductive Rights in CT22 Primetime Special

Published | Video Starts at 16:34

Say that's a basic right, but let's leave it up to the states to decide whether women have that reproductive choice or not. I think it's a gross expansion of government overreach. I think it's the wrong thing. I really hope we send people to Congress that make Roe v. Wade the law, the land again. In the meantime, sue, you got to rely upon your governors and legislatures. And I think you know where Susan Byswitz and I stand, as you said, from day one, we stood very tall on that. (16:34–16:40)

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Asserts support for making Roe v. Wade federal law again.

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