So the year before I was born, my parents were living in rural Sterling, Colorado, and my mom had to have an emergency surgery to remove an ectopic pregnancy. It saved her life, and it made mine possible. The next year, A federal abortion ban, which is what Greg Lopez and Lauren Boebert are absolutely for, it would criminalize that procedure. My mother would have died, and the doctor could potentially be criminalized. That's unconscionable. Instead, we need maternal care in rural America so that our communities can stop the brain drain, can stop bleeding. (14:09–14:19)
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