In Kentucky, hundreds of demonstrators packed into the Capitol building
Saturday to protest the state 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Legislature also repealed a law that had guaranteed higher wages for workers on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 go to Louisville, Kentucky, for an
update from Richard Becker, a union organizer with Service Employees
International Union, and we speak with Lisa Abbott, a community organizer with
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth.
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