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Melissa Clement

Sep 8, 2026

4:12
was a free for all.
4:14
And the second trimester, the state had a little bit of flexibility.
4:17
And in the third trimester, um, it was supposed to be completely regulated and, and, uh, When Dobbs happened, basically what it did was it overturned that and said, this is not a national issue.
4:31
It is an issue that needs to go back to the states.
4:34
And the states, each and every state would regulate abortion and the right to life independent of outside influence.
4:44
And so this basically took the game board and threw it up in the air.
4:53
Suddenly, if I could tell a quick story, the day that Dobbs was decided, I was at the National Rights Life Convention.

15 MINS LATER

20:26
It seems to me in the last legislative session, there was a bill or two that really aimed where the powers of the state was going to be used against these centers, which are doing exactly what the pro-abortion side says we're not doing, which is supporting mothers that find themselves being pregnant but don't want to abort the child.

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