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The D.C. Brief

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Kelley Robinson was running the political shop at Planned Parenthood. Like many abortion-rights advocates, she’d seen the moment looming. Still, it felt like a personal and professional thwacking.

“Up until was overturned—even came out—we polled folks across the country and they still did not believe it was true,” she says. “They just would not believe that the Supreme Court in our lifetime would actually overturn such a fundamental right that had been the law of the land for over 40 years.”

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