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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Darlene Superville

Jill Biden: Consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade 'go far beyond the right to choose'

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Jill Biden said Tuesday that the consequences for women of losing the constitutional right to an abortion "go far beyond the right to choose” as she hosted a conversation with four women, including a Texas doctor, who shared emotional stories of being denied necessary reproductive care.

The first lady invited the women from Texas, Florida and Louisiana to the White House to help highlight the one anniversary Saturday of the Supreme Court decision overturning its 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which established a constitutional right to an abortion.

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