Christine Mai-Duc, KFF Health News

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Abortion rights groups are backing California Democrats in the escalating battle to redraw congressional maps, warning that Republicans are rigging seats on the heels of deeply unpopular cuts to safety net health programs and restrictions on reproductive care.

And they worry there’s more to come, including a national abortion ban .

“You take away our freedoms, we’ll take away your seats,” said Jodi Hicks, CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pitch to adopt Democratic-leaning maps to offset President Donald Trump’s attempt to bolster GOP seats in Texas.

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“We can’t sit idly by while the Trump administration, whi

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