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Arizona's Supreme Court issued a major ruling allowing an 1864 near-total abortion ban. Common Defense National Organizing Director Joanna Sweatt shares her experience of needing an abortion while in service, saying she has "been slapped in the face over and over again."
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July 24, 2021 1:43 PM By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
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July 24, 2021 1:43 PM
Deployed to Iraq in 2003, US Marine Corps field radio operator Joanna Sweatt took cover in tight-spaced bunkers for hours at a time a tour of service laden with the stresses of being in a war zone that led to a blood clotting disease.
Now, more than a decade after she was first diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and medically discharged from the Marine Corps, the 43-year-old credits Arizona’s vote-by-mail system with granting her access to the ballot box last November.
“Standing in long lines is not practical for me,” she said.