Kathleen Turner | Trump's Judges Threaten Reproductive Rights for Generations to Come



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Kathleen Turner, Guardian UK 
Turner writes: "Anti-choice activists and lawmakers have been systematically chipping away at reproductive freedom at all levels of government, and too often doing so under the radar so that few will notice." 
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