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Illinois congresswoman proposes new maternal health bill in response to viral video
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4:50Now PlayingNBC News Daily anchor Zinhle Essamuah speaks with Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill. about the the WELLS Act, or the Women Expansion for Learning and Labor Safety Act, a bill she is sponsoring that aims to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana hospital. She was told to go home and gave birth in her truck minutes later.
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