'Forcing poor and working-class people to give birth against their will...is a profound economic issue,' the New York lawmaker said.
that would ban abortion at 15 weeks nationwide, but still let earlier, more restrictive bans stay in effect.Rep. Jake LaTurner said he was upset that the committee was holding its third hearing on abortion this year, when it could be conducting oversight on the White House’s actions on the economy and energy policies.
Ocasio-Cortez spoke immediately after LaTurner’s questioning period and addressed his complaint that the committee should be focusing on economic issues, calling it “disappointing” and flat out false. “I think it’s important to state that that abortion is an economic issue. Forcing poor and working-class people to give birth against their will—against their consent, against their ability to provide for themselves or a child—is a profound economic issue,” she said.
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