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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...AAX6U3g?cvid=d253baac57f04567942b36db24dff2af
s.c rep tim scott found her comment 'piercing' (that old play on shrewishness), to which she repliedEliminating the right to access abortion services “would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades,” Yellen told lawmakers during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, responding to a question from Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey about the economic impact of an abortion ban.
Economic research, she added, suggested such a move would increase poverty levels for women and hurt the future earnings of children.
she didn’t mean to sound harsh but was speaking to the economic realities for women and children.