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Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) did not disagree with 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton that their party could have been more proactive in protecting abortion access before the Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade.

Walz, who represented Minnesotas 1st Congressional Districtfrom 2007 to 2019, cited his first congressional campaign as an example when asked to respond to Clintons criticism.

I dont think shes totally wrong, Walz told CNNs State of the Union on Sunday. Look, I ran in a conservative district, second Democrat since 1892, when I won a seat in Congress, and I was fully supportive of abortion rights. And this is back in 2005-2006. That was considered risky by a lot of people in our party.

I think what the former secretary is getting at is that we maybe didnt understand the threat that was coming, that we thought that Roe was going to protect us, he said. I think there were a lot of us, myself included, didnt believe that.

But although Walz agreed Clinton is not wrong, he contended Democrats have not been flat-footed since Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization, with abortion credited for the partys strong performance in elections since 2022, despite poor polling data regarding the economy.

I think thats why states like Minnesota were firewalling things up, the governor said. Were an island of decency out here. Its Handmaids Tale out here of the states surrounding me, from the Dakotas to Iowa, forcing women into these terrible situations.

So, no, I dont totally disagree with her, he added. I think the difference is now, since the fall of Roe orchestrated by Donald Trump and his Supreme Court, that we are ready. And women are ready, men are ready. And those who think that this is just a distracting issue, this is a fundamental issue of personal freedoms and personal bodily autonomy.

In an interview with New York Times reporters Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer previewing their new book, The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America, Clinton asserted our side was complacent and took Roe for granted and thinking it would never go away.

We didnt take it seriously, and we didnt understand the threat, Clinton said. Most Democrats, most Americans, did not realize we are in an existential struggle for the future of this country.

[The right is] relentless. You know, they take a loss, they get back up, they regroup, they raise more money, she continued. Its tremendously impressive the way that they operate. And we have nothing like it on our side.

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Former President Donald Trump last week underscored that he would never advocateimposing restrictions on birth control after last month encouraging states to protect abortion access in the cases of rape, incest, and life of the mother, in addition to reiterating his support of in vitro fertilization.

My view is now that we haveabortionwhere everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, Trump said in April. Whatever they decide must be the law of the land in this case, the law of the state.

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly attributed Clinton as the author of The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America.

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