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Peter Welch: “Roe protected [the basic freedom of a woman to make her own…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Reproductive Rights Roundtable - Congressman Peter Welch.

Published | Video Starts at 21:16

And you know, as I mentioned at the beginning, there's really two parts to this. One is the basic freedom of a woman to make her own decision. And that was Roe protected [the basic freedom of a woman to make her own decision] for 15 years. And isn't that the right way that it would be? It's not a debate about abortion or not, it's about who makes the decision. (21:16–21:20)

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Asserts that Roe v. Wade protected women's decision-making freedom for 15 years.

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