'Everyone knows that in our country today, a person's right to choose is being challenged': Julián Castro took aim at controversial abortion laws during DemDebate
"Everyone knows that in our country today, a person's right to choose is being challenged," the Obama-era Housing Secretary said.
When asked whether his health-care plan would cover abortion specifically during NBC's telecast, Castro responded in the affirmative, saying, "I don't believe only in reproductive freedom, but reproductive justice," to loud audience applause.
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