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At this week’s hearings on reproductive rights, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) shared her opinion. abortion He testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee alongside Senators Barbara Lee and Pramila Jayapal.
“To every black woman and girl who has had and will have an abortion,” Bush said at the hearing, “we have nothing to be ashamed of.” We live in a society that has failed to legislate We want better We deserve better That’s why I’m here to tell my story. Today, as a nurse, a pastor, an activist, a survivor, a single mother, and a member of Congress, I testify that I was raped in the summer of 1994, became pregnant, and chose to have an abortion.
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Live streaming hearings can be watched in full online Youtube Oversight Reform Committee website.
Cori Bush’s testimony highlights the proliferation of anti-abortion laws across the United States, including legislation like Texas Senate Bill 8, which went into effect earlier this month, almost completely banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. It corresponds directly. Currently, Texas’ six-week ban is beginning Such effect is permitted.
A public hearing will be held a few days before that. women’s march A rally in support of reproductive rights begins October 2 in Washington, DC. Bush, Lee and Jayapal also shared personal accounts in interviews ahead of the hearing. NBC NewsEach legislator shared very different experiences with abortion and each chose to terminate the pregnancy for different reasons.
