A growing number of progressive candidates are choosing to share their own abortion stories in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. This trend has been fueled by the experiences of women and doctors under strict abortion bans, leading to a renewed focus on reproductive rights.
For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion. But a year of watching women and doctors agonize under Tennessee's strict abortion ban kicked up a fire in the longtime Democrat. She watched in dismay as her Republican colleagues in the General Assembly dismissed concerns that the law was harming women. Many GOP lawmakers argued that only on rare occasions was an abortion needed to save a life.
” “In red states, when candidates share these stories, it helps voters see there’s someone championing the things they care about, who shares their experiences,' she said. While the majority of candidates and lawmakers who have shared abortion stories have been Democrats, Republican Sam Brown has chosen to revisit his wife’s abortion as he vies for a U.S. Senate seat in Nevada. Earlier this year, Brown’s wife talked candidly about the abortion she had before the two met.
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