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After Failed Pregnancy Should She Have Been Imprisoned?

Congresswoman Lucy McBath on Wednesday shared her own difficult experiences to point out how attacks on abortion rights by right-wing judges and legislators could impact what treatment doctors can provide to patients who, like her, endure miscarriage and stillbirth.

The Georgia Democrat’s comments came during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Revoking Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care Access,” an event held as the country prepares for the Supreme Court to issue a final ruling expected to reverse Roe v. Wade.

“For two weeks, I carried a lost pregnancy and the torment that comes with it,” McBath said. “I never went into labor on my own. When my doctor finally induced me, I faced the pain of labor without hope for a living child.”

“This is my story–it’s uniquely my story–and yet it’s not so unique,” McBath continued, noting how common pregnancy loss is. “And so I ask, on behalf of these women: After

— source commondreams.org | May 18, 2022

Nullius in verba