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Sen. Tina Smith: 'zombie law' could be used to restrict abortion access

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Tina Smith introduced a bill to repeal the Comstock Act , a law that could be used to restrict access to abortion in the U.S. Smith is the only Minnesota senator to ever work for Planned Parenthood .

Smith: "I think these folks using that old zombie law would have a real impact on women’s lives".

Sen. Ted Cruz says he's not surprised by the playbook of a new administration.

Cruz: Trump figured out that taking away people’s health care and abortion access was very, very unpopular.

He saw that this was not a winning issue and so he dialed it back, she says.

Cruz says it's important to pay attention to who he puts into important decision-making roles.

A new law could be used to ban not only access to abortion medication, tools, and information, but contraception as well.

The Life at Conception Act , which has 131 Republican cosponsors, would decimate access to contraceptives, to birth control in the U.S. Currently, there are protections for birth control.

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