House Democratic women wear white for reproductive rights during Biden speech

Fashion used for powerful statement during Thursday night's State of the Union address, with lawmakers donning suffragette white

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More than a dozen House Democratic women used fashion to make a powerful statement at the president's State of the Union address on Thursday night, arriving in head-to-toe suffragette white.

As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle filed into the House chamber, many were seen wearing white suits as a nod to the women's suffrage movement - most notably in an effort to show support for reproductive rights.