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There yesterday. one meant we could not put an amendment on. senate bill 438. and then the state employees. and that meant we could not put an amendment to say that if you are raped or victim of incest, that you cannot get what your doctor and have an abortion. and we just felt that that exemption should have been in there. and our voices were silenced yesterday and we felt for all the women of georgia. we needed to speak up and say something. >> let's talk about the way things have been. this is like most people say under the law. the federal government can't fund abortion, but it's legal.

We walked out basically because we felt it was an attack on women's rights. there are 56 senators in georgia. 47 of them are men. 9 are women. one in the majority party. eight in the minority party. and we just felt we had enough there yesterday. one meant we could not put an amendment on. senate bill 438. and then the state employees. and that meant we could not put an amendment to say that if you are raped or victim of incest, that you cannot get what your doctor and have an abortion. and we just felt that that exemption should have been in there. and our voices were silenced yesterday and w...