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. We can actually grow our rural communities to being the thriving systems that they once were. So really that, and then mental health care is huge, especially for our children. (14:25–14:31)
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Asserts the need for maternal care in rural America to prevent brain drain and community decline.
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