Abortion rights advocate responds to being removed from Senate hearing
Cherisse Scott, CEO and founder of SisterReach, was gaveled to a stop halfway during her presentation at this Aug. 13 state Senate hearing on a proposed abortion bill and forcibly removed. Video of the vent has gone viral. (Sam Stockard/Daily Memphian)
Cherisse Scott, CEO of the reproductive rights advocacy organization SisterReach, was removed from a Senate hearing in a now-viral video clip. However, she says she's energized, not discouraged by the incident.
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