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Gavin Newsom stated on November 19, 2023 in a statement on X In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.” Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2023 in an Instagram post Quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson as saying, “Every woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker.” Protect Women Ohio stated on October 30, 2023 in a video Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.” Joe Biden stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.” Opportunity Wisconsin stated on September 14, 2023 in News release "The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state." Joe Biden stated on August 25, 2023 in an ad Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions. Ron DeSantis stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview “In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.” Instagram posts stated on July 16, 2023 in an Instagram post Videos show Planned Parenthood “aiding sex traffickers in their crimes.” Mike Pence stated on June 23, 2023 in a speech “The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.” Derrick Van Orden stated on April 13, 2023 in Radio interview On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban Tricia Cotham stated on May 16, 2023 in a vote “(I will oppose) any attempt to restrict or deny women’s basic health care needs.” Roy Cooper stated on May 4, 2023 in a video posted to Twitter Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights Charles Schumer stated on March 28, 2023 in a Senate floor speech Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.” Instagram posts stated on April 12, 2023 in an Instagram post “The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.” Alliance Defending Freedom stated on March 27, 2023 in a Facebook post Abortion pills are dangerous and “1 in 5 women will suffer a complication.” Walgreens stated on March 6, 2023 in a statement Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.” Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2023 in an Instagram post “More contraception availability increases abortion demand." Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.” Aaron Rouse stated on December 23, 2022 in a TV ad. “Kevin Adams wants to ban abortion.” Tony Evers stated on November 14, 2022 in Twitter “An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.” Load more
Gavin Newsom stated on November 19, 2023 in a statement on X In Florida, “any woman who has an abortion after six weeks — and any doctor who gives her care — will be guilty of a felony.”
Instagram posts stated on November 12, 2023 in an Instagram post Quotes House Speaker Mike Johnson as saying, “Every woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker.”
Protect Women Ohio stated on October 30, 2023 in a video Ohio’s Issue 1 “allows for abortion after viability for…financial reasons.”
Joe Biden stated on October 14, 2023 in remarks at the 2023 Human Rights Campaign National Dinner Republicans in Congress are “trying to wipe out federal funding to end the HIV epidemic.”
Opportunity Wisconsin stated on September 14, 2023 in News release "The repeal of Roe v. Wade has exacerbated the state’s OB-GYN shortage as residency programs report a decline in enrollment due to the inability of residents to receive training in-state."
Joe Biden stated on August 25, 2023 in an ad Video shows Donald Trump believes “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions.
Ron DeSantis stated on July 18, 2023 in an interview “In some liberal states, you actually have post-birth abortions.”
Instagram posts stated on July 16, 2023 in an Instagram post Videos show Planned Parenthood “aiding sex traffickers in their crimes.”
Mike Pence stated on June 23, 2023 in a speech “The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”
Derrick Van Orden stated on April 13, 2023 in Radio interview On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban
Tricia Cotham stated on May 16, 2023 in a vote “(I will oppose) any attempt to restrict or deny women’s basic health care needs.”
Roy Cooper stated on May 4, 2023 in a video posted to Twitter Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Charles Schumer stated on March 28, 2023 in a Senate floor speech Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
Instagram posts stated on April 12, 2023 in an Instagram post “The abortion pill has been linked to the deaths of at least 28 women in the U.S. alone.”
Alliance Defending Freedom stated on March 27, 2023 in a Facebook post Abortion pills are dangerous and “1 in 5 women will suffer a complication.”
Walgreens stated on March 6, 2023 in a statement Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.”
Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2023 in an Instagram post “More contraception availability increases abortion demand."
Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
Tony Evers stated on November 14, 2022 in Twitter “An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
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