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Hands At the Capitol Event

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Hands At the Capitol Event

We speak with former State Rep Heather Sirocki with Maine Right To Life Committee

Hands At The Capitol
In the Hall of Flags
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
9:00 am to 1:00 pm

For nearly 50 years, we gathered AROUND the capitol to memorialize the January
22, 1973, Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Under Roe v. Wade, the federal
government ruled the land on abortion policy. The only thing that individual states
could do was to work AROUND the supreme court decision. More than $63M
innocent, voiceless, unborn babies were killed since the Roe v. Wade decision

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