Monthly snapshots like Friday's jobs report may remind us that the economic recovery is barely getting off the ground, but the day-to-day realities of job quality and job creation are an urgent symptom we all feel.

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Let's remember Gosnell is also a symptom of how hard it is for low-income women to get quality health care, period.

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