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January 9, 2017

Hundreds Protest as KY Legislature Passes Anti-Union, Anti-Choice Bills
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In Kentucky, hundreds of demonstrators packed into the Capitol building
on Saturday to protest the Kentucky Legislature's passage of a slew of
controversial bills, including an anti-union right-to-work law and
extreme anti-choice legislation that bans abortions after 20 weeks and
requires a woman to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. The
surprise emergency legislative session Saturday came after Republicans
seized a supermajority in the House of Representatives, giving the
Republicans control of the House, the Senate and the governorship for
the first time in Kentucky state history. On Saturday, the Legislature
also repealed a law that had guaranteed higher wages for workers on
publicly financed construction projects. We'll have more on Kentucky
later in the broadcast.


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