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Watch Deciding Vote: A Courageous Assemblyman’s Stand for Reproductive Rights | The New Yorker Documentary
[uplifting music]
[Reporter 1] Medical history
is being made this week in New York State.
[Reporter 2] Over the last two weeks,
the New York Assembly spent more than 13 hours debating
the bill, which would make abortion legal
for any woman for any reason
up to the 24th week of pregnancy.
[Reporter 3] Advocates and enemies
of the bill brought tremendous pressures to bear
on legislators on the emotional issue.
We’re not gonna sit quietly any longer.
You are