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WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

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IT IN THE SHOW, SO WITH THAT,

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ALEX WAGNER, GO ENJOY YOUR

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THURSDAY NIGHT.

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>> HAVE A GREAT SHOW, JONATHAN.

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>> THANKS, ALEX.

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IT IS 47 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY

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AND TONIGHT, WHILE DONALD TRUMP

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ATTENDED AN EVENT TO TRY TO

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APPEAL TO JEWISH VOTERS EVEN AS

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HE REFUSES TO DISAVOW THE NEO-

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NAZIS, KAMALA HARRIS MINUTES

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AGO FINISHED AN EVENT IN

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MICHIGAN WITH A VERY SPECIAL

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GUEST, OPRAH WINFREY.

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>> IT SEEMS TO US THAT

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SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU, THE

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MOMENT JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT

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BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE AND
WITHDREW HIS CANDIDACY, THAT

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WITHDREW HIS CANDIDACY, THAT

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SOMETHING DROPPED AND YOU JUST

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STEPPED INTO YOUR POWER.

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>> YOU KNOW, WE EACH HAVE THOSE

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MOMENTS IN OUR LIVES WHERE IT
IS TIME TO STEP UP.

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IS TIME TO STEP UP.

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>> TIME TO STEP UP.

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>> KNOWING WHAT IS AT STAKE IN

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TERMS OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS.

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WHAT IS AT STAKE IN TERMS OF

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FIGHTING AGAINST HATE AND THOSE

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EFFORTS TO DIVIDE US AND I DO

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KNOW THAT I AM IN A POSITION TO

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DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, SO I

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FELT A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND

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THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF THE

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PEOPLE, RIGHT, WHO -- I AM NOT

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THE ONLY LEADER IN THIS.

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THIS IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ME.

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IT IS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS

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AMERICANS AND IT IS ABOUT

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MAKING CLEAR WHAT WE STAND FOR

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AND WHAT WE STAND FOR IS ABOUT

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THE IDEALS ON WHICH WE WERE

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FOUNDED, INCLUDING THE

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IMPORTANCE OF FREEDOM AND THE

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IMPORTANCE OF INDEPENDENCE AND

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THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGNITY AND

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PURPOSE, BUT IT IS ALSO ABOUT

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WHAT WE STAND FOR IN TERMS OF

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OUR VALUES.

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>> THE LIVE-STREAM TOWN HALL

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EVENT CALLED UNITE FOR AMERICA

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FOCUSED ON BUILDING COALITIONS,

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INCREASING TURNOUT AND

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ENERGIZING VOTERS FROM ACROSS

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THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM HAVE

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COALESCED TO SUPPORT KAMALA

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HARRIS’S CANDIDACY.

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POLITICAL REPORTS NEARLY 70

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GROUPS WERE INVITED TO

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PARTICIPATE, INCLUDING WHEN

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WITH BLACK WOMEN, THAT STARTED

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ALL OF THIS.

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WHEN WITH BLACK MEN, WHITE

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DUDES FOR HARRIS.

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BLACK WOMEN FOR, AND CAT LADIES

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FOR KAMALA.

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KAMALA HARRIS USED THE EVENT TO

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SPEAK DIRECTLY TO VOTERS.

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ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL

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MOMENTS CAME WHEN OPRAH

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HIGHLIGHTED THE STORY OF A

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PREGNANT MOTHER IN GEORGIA

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WHOSE PREVENTABLE DEATH IS NOW

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BLAMED ON THAT STATES ABORTION

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BAN, IMPLEMENTED AFTER THE

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SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V.

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WADE.

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AMBER THURMAN DIED IN THE

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HOSPITAL AFTER WAITING 20 HOURS

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FOR ROUTINE TREATMENT THE

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DOCTORS FEARED TO GIVE HER,

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BECAUSE THEY COULD FACE JAIL

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TIME UNDER GEORGIA’S ABORTION

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BAN.

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HER MOTHER’S AND SISTERS WERE

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IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

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>> INITIALLY I DID NOT WANT THE

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PUBLIC TO KNOW MY PAIN.

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I WANTED TO GO THROUGH IN

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SILENCE.

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BUT I REALIZED IT WAS SELFISH.

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I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, AMBER

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WAS NOT A STATISTIC.

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SHE WAS LOVED BY A FAMILY, A

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STRONG FAMILY AND WE WOULD HAVE

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DONE WHATEVER TO GET MY BABY,

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OUR BABY, THE HELP THAT SHE

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NEEDED.

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WHEN PROPUBLICA CAME TO MY HOME,

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I PUSHED THEM AWAY.

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NO.

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NO.

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NO.

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BUT KAVITHA, SHE WAS

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PERSISTENT.

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SHE SAID IT WAS SOMETHING THAT

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YOU NEEDED TO KNOW.

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YOU HAVE TO HEAR ME.

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WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD, PEOPLE

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AROUND THE WORLD NEED TO KNOW

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THAT THIS WAS PREVENTABLE.

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TWO YEARS LATER, AFTER SPEAKING

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WITH MY DAUGHTERS, BECAUSE I

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LOST STRENGTH.

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I LOST HOPE.

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YOU ARE LOOKING AT A MOTHER

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THAT IS BROKEN.

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THE WORST PAIN EVER.

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THAT A MOTHER, THAT A PARENT

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COULD EVER FEEL.

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HER FATHER AND MYSELF AND THE

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FAMILY -- YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT.

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>> WE APPRECIATE SO DEEPLY YOU

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BEING HERE AND WE ARE ALL

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WATCHING YOU HEAR THAT TAPE AND

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THOSE WORDS.

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WE KNOW HOW RE-TRAUMATIZING

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THAT IS AND THE STRENGTH IT

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TAKES FOR YOU TO BE HERE TO

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TELL YOUR STORY AND WE DEEPLY

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APPRECIATE IT.

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I HAVE TO ASK YOU, AS HER

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SISTERS, HOW ARE YOU COPING AND

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WHAT DOES KNOWING THAT THIS

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COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, HOW

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DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU?

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HOW DO YOU COPE WITH THAT ON A

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DAILY BASIS?

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>> IT IS HEARTBREAKING.

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THAT WAS MY BABY SISTER.

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I LOVE MY BABY SISTER.

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I AM BEYOND HURT.

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I’M DISAPPOINTED.

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I FEEL GUILTY.

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I WISH I COULD’VE HELPED HER

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BECAUSE SHE WAS SUFFERING AND

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WE HAD NO IDEA.

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WE TRUSTED THEM TO TAKE CARE OF

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HER, YOU KNOW AND THEY JUST LET

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HER DIE, BECAUSE OF SOME STUPID

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ABORTION BAN.

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THEY TREATED HER LIKE SHE WAS

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JUST ANOTHER NUMBER.

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THEY DIDN’T CARE FOR HER AS IF

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SHE WAS THEIR DAUGHTER OR, YOU

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KNOW, GRANDDAUGHTER.

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SHE IS NOT HERE.

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SHE WILL NEVER COME BACK.

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>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY?

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>> I WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS

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VERY DISHEARTENING THAT MY

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SISTER WAS ALLOWED TO SUFFER

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FOR 20 HOURS.

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SHE SUFFERED.

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THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD DO

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TO HELP HER.

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WE TRUSTED THE HEALTHCARE

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PROFESSIONALS TO DO THEIR JOB

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AND SAVE HER, BUT THEY FAILED

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HER.

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>> WHILE I THINK THE MOST

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POWERFUL THING THAT YOU SAID IS

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THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IS NOT A

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STATISTIC.

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SHE HAD A LIFE.

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SHE WAS LOVED BY HER SISTERS.

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LOVED BY HER FAMILY.

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LOVED BY THOSE WHO KNEW HER AND

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SHE IS NOT JUST A STATISTIC AND

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WE ARE HAPPY TO SPEAK HER NAME

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TONIGHT, IN THIS ROOM, TALKING

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ABOUT WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS

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IN TERMS OF REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

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AND FREEDOM.

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WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY, MADAME

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VICE PRESIDENT?

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>> I AM JUST SO SORRY.

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AND THE COURAGE THAT YOU ALL

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HAVE SHOWN IS EXTRAORDINARY,

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BECAUSE ALL SO YOU JUST LEARNED

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ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT SHE DIED

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AND DAY

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>> THEY JUST RECENTLY LEARNED,
YES.

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YES.

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>> AND AMBERS MOM SHARED WITH ME

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THAT THE WORD OVER AND OVER

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AGAIN IN HER MIND IS

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PREVENTABLE.

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PREVENTABLE.

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THAT WORD KEEPS COMING TO HER

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AND THIS STORY IS A STORY THAT

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IS SADLY NOT THE ONLY STORY.

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OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING

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SINCE THESE BANDS HAVE TAKEN

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PLACE AND YOU KNOW, JUST TO

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STEP BACK IN TERMS OF HOW WE

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GOT HERE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT

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CHOSE THREE MEMBERS OF THE

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UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

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WITH THE INTENTION THAT THEY

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WOULD OVERTURN THE PROTECTIONS

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OF ROE V. WADE AND THEY DID AS

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HE INTENDED AND IN STATE AFTER

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STATE, INCLUDING YOURS, THESE

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ABORTION BANS HAVE BEEN PASSED

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THAT CRIMINALIZE HEALTHCARE

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PROVIDERS.

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IN A COUPLE OF STATES, PRISON

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FOR LIFE, OPRAH.

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PRISON FOR LIFE IN A COUPLE OF

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STATES.

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FOR A DOCTOR AND NURSE WHO

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PROVIDES HEALTHCARE.

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AND SO IT SEEMS VERY APPARENT --

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>> EVEN WHEN THE MOTHER’S LIFE

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IS IN DANGER.

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>> HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH

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THAT.

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HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT.

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IS SHE ON DEATHS DOOR BEFORE

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YOU DECIDE TO GIVE HER HELP?

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>> THAT’S THE PROBLEM.

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>> IS THAT WHAT WE ARE SAYING?

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>> THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOU

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ARE ON DEATHS DOOR.

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>> LITERALLY A DOCTOR OR A

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NURSE HAS TO SAY SHE MIGHT DIE

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ANY MINUTE, BETTER GIVE HER NOW

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CARE BECAUSE OTHERWISE I MIGHT

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GO TO PRISON FOR LIFE IN SOME

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CASES.

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THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING

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IN TERMS OF SAYING THAT CERTAIN

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PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THESE

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STATEHOUSES AND STARTING WITH

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THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE

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UNITED STATES, THAT THEY ARE IN

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A BETTER POSITION THAN A DOCTOR

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OR A NURSE TO DETERMINE WHEN

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THEIR PATIENT NEEDS MEDICAL

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CARE.

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THIS LITERALLY, AMBER STORY

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HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT AMONG

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EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH

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THESE BANS  AND WHAT HAS