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OCASIO-CORTEZ: "Well, you know, I think naturally I couldn't disagree more with Governor Hutchinson, but I think what's really important is honing in on this idea that the government — the governor and the Republican Party and, frankly, the Republican legislature in Arkansas cares about the life of a woman and the life of a mother. The state of Arkansas and Governor Hutchinson governs over a state that has the third-highest maternal mortality in the United States. 71 percent of the women who die are black women as well. This is a state that has 26% child poverty, where one in four children are living in extreme — are living in poverty in the state of Arkansas, and forcing women to carry pregnancies against their will will kill them. It will kill them. Especially in the state of Arkansas where there is very little to no support for life after birth in terms of healthcare, in terms of childcare and in terms of combating poverty. This decision and this policy will kill people, no matter what their spin and what their talking points are. And that's what the data shows, and that's what the statistics show."