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At Jenkintown forum Rep. Dean calls Dobbs decision a rollback of freedoms and pledges to codify Roe
Summary
Rep. Madeline Dean told voters at a Jenkintown School District forum she was "devastated" by the Dobbs decision and will seek congressional action to restore abortion protections, saying "abortion care is health care" and warning of cases in which patients are denied necessary care under bans.
Rep. Madeline Dean said at a Jenkintown School District forum that the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, "struck at freedom for women and girls" and that she will work in Congress to codify the protections Roe had provided.
"I was devastated at the Dobbs decision," Dean said during an audience question about reproductive rights. "Abortion care is health care."
Dean described the decision as, in her words, "unconstitutionally decided" and…
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