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Tammy Baldwin: “The Respect for Marriage Act was born out of the Dobbs…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Tammy Baldwin speaks with Democrats Abroad

Published | Video Starts at 11:20

And in Pride Month, I celebrate the march for progress. But I want to say sternly, we can never confuse progress for victory. We have lots of work left to do. The Respect for Marriage Act was born out of the Dobbs decision taking half of America back to having fewer rights than their parents and grandparents. And in that decision, as you all well know, there was a threat. We're now going after contraception access. We're now going after the Lawrence decision protecting intimate conduct between consenting adults. (11:20–11:36)

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Asserts that the Respect for Marriage Act was a response to the Dobbs decision reducing rights.

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