>> ali vitali, thanks for bringing us that regulatory. with us is one of the congresswomen who ali mentioned who testified at that hearing, congresswoman barbara lee of california. thank you for sharing some time with us this afternoon. you shared your story for the public record, uncharted testimony for you. why was it important to testify about your personal experience? >> thank you very much. let me say, having an abortion is my personal business, it's nobody else's business, it's a private decision i made with my mother and my family. so i have been very reluctant to talk about that because of just that. what is taking place in the country compelled me to talk about those days i remember so well, having a back alley abortion, and i survived. but you know what, we're getting back there if we don't do something and do something quickly. as hard as it is to talk about these grueling decisions that i had to make at age 16, i had

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