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4 Jun, 5 tweets, 3 min read
It's a hostile time right now for reproductive rights, but there are some members of Congress trying to help.

Join us on Instagram Live (@RewireNewsGroup) with Executive Editor @Hegemommy and Assistant Speaker @RepKClark for this important conversation—happening in 30 minutes Image
We're now live on Instagram and joined by @RepKClark
"Reproductive rights are human rights." - @RepKClark
Child care is infrastructure, and legislative efforts must shore up this critical need.

Ashley Underwood of @EquityForward wrote about this exact issue last month

rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2021/0…
And as @erintothemax wrote, reproductive rights are not theory—they're also infrastructure.

"A person’s well-being, including their economic well-being, depends in large part upon their ability to control whether, when, and how to have children."

rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2021/0…

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