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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

‘Forced birth is an act of violence’: Law professor condemns anti-abortion laws in post-Roe Senate hearing

AP

Khiara Bridges had a stern warning to anti-abortion witnesses and members of Congress listening to her biting testimony in a Senate committee studying the impact of the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the constitutional right to an abortion.

Republican Senator Tom Cotton asked panelists testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on 12 July whether they condemn violence against so-called crisis pregnancy centres, nonmedical facilities intended to deter people from seeking an abortion.

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