House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke out on Texas’ controversial abortion law, telling MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that measures like the one in Texas put the “discretion of a woman to make judgments” at risk.
In an interview set to air Thursday, Pelosi, noting that she is a Catholic mother of five, said such measures ignore how reproductive rights are critical to women’s health.
“What is at risk is the discretion of a woman to make judgements about the size and.. timing of her family. It’s respect for the judgement of women about what is good for them, for their families, their health,” Pelosi said. “The reality is that people in our country do practice birth control and use contraception.”
Pelosi added, “I don’t know if my colleagues need a lesson on the birds and the bees. I really don’t get it.”
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