Tammy Baldwin: “Women were sent back to live under a law that was passed in…”

“Women cannot decide what is best for their bodies or their families. This was a reality for those of us from Wisconsin for 15 months when Women were sent back to live under a law that was passed in Wisconsin in 1849, one year after statehood. It is widely viewed as a criminal abortion ban and one that, I might add, predates the Civil War and certainly predates women having the right to vote.” (01:36–01:53)

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