Tammy Baldwin: “We both saw that we had entire counties in our states with…”

“So I worked very closely over many years with Senator Lisa Murkowski on access to maternal health care and delivery care. We both represent rural states. We both saw that we had entire counties in our states with no provider at all. I was hearing accounts of individuals who were driving while in labor well over an hour, maybe over 100 miles to get to the place where they were supposed to deliver their baby.” (13:08–13:15)

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