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Millions of people voted for these animal welfare laws. Congress is trying to overturn them.
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Congress is attempting to overturn animal welfare laws that voters in California and Massachusetts approved to ban gestation crates for pigs and the sale of pork from farms using them, despite millions supporting these measures.
Millions of people voted for these animal welfare laws. Congress is trying to overturn them.
Pregnant pigs in gestation crates at a Smithfield Foods subsidiary. | Humane World for Animals
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Most of America’s 6 million female breeding pigs are confined in gestation crates — tiny enclosures that prevent them from even turning around. It’s considered to be one of the cruelest farming practices.
Voters in California and Massachusetts have voted to prohibit the use of the crates, and prohibit the sale of pork from farms that use the crates.
The pork industry has sued Californ
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