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Peter Welch: “We did that [legislation for gay marriage] in the House, and…”

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

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Reproductive Rights Roundtable - Congressman Peter Welch.

Published | Video Starts at 31:55

So congressional legislation could overturn the Dobbs decision by providing legislative protection for all women across the country. And we could do that as we did for gay marriage. We did that [legislation for gay marriage] in the House, and there was support in the Senate for that. So this takes action by voters in all across the country to send to Congress representatives and senators who are going to stand up and restore the privacy protections that we enjoyed as a country and as citizens pre Dobbs. (31:55–32:00)

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Asserts that legislation for gay marriage passed in the House with Senate support.

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