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Beyond Restoring Roe: Democrats See Moment to ‘Reimagine’ Abortion Rights [1]
['Elizabeth Dias', 'Lisa Lerer']
Date: 2024-08-20
It was one of the opening night’s most dramatic and sober moments. Three women emerged on the main stage, each in a spotlight against the darkness.
Amanda Zurawski, standing beside her husband, told of how she nearly died when her baby would not survive and she could not get abortion care in Texas. Kaitlyn Joshua spoke of bleeding, miscarrying and being turned away from two emergency rooms in Louisiana. And Hadley Duvall of Kentucky told a harrowing story of being impregnated by her stepfather at age 12.
“He calls it ‘a beautiful thing,’” she said, quoting former President Donald J. Trump’s praise for states that have enacted strict abortion bans. “What is so beautiful about a child having to carry her parent’s child?”
Audible gasps punctured the silence of the arena. Women wiped away tears. Next to her husband, Gwen Walz shook her head in apparent horror, trying to take it all in. And when the testimonies were finished, the arena rose to its feet in support.
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[1] Url:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/us/abortion-rights-harris-dnc.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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