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Kendra Cotton, a member of the Black Southern Women’s Collective, regarding the relationship she sees between her Christian faith and abortion rights. She believes that restricting the state restricting what a person can do with their own body is reminiscent of slavery and being under someone else’s control. (Associated Press — May 20, 2022)
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, regarding the severity of the racist mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., which many are now calling an act of domestic terrorism. Legislators in both the Senate and the House have proposed legislation that would bolster federal resources against domestic terrorism, requiring the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to create an interagency task force to combat white supremacy in the military. The House passed its bill in a nearly party-line vote late on Wednesday, May 18. (Associated Press — May 19, 2022)
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John Bursch, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, regarding a Michigan judge’s decision to grant a temporary injunction to block the enforcement of a state abortion ban, which was enacted in 1931 and deemed unconstitutional in 1973 by the Supreme Court’s ruling of Roe v. Wade. (Reuters — May 17, 2022)
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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, regarding Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis’ decision that California’s law that required publicly held companies to include women on their boards was unconstitutional. Another challenge also recently struck down the state’s law mandating corporate board diversity based on race and sexual orientation. (Reuters — May 17, 2022)
