The debate over defunding Planned Parenthood turned personal Thursday night as California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier told colleagues of her own abortion experience. Speier spoke out after Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey read at length from a book written by a former abortion provider, now an anti-abortion activist, who described in great detail how a second-trimester abortion looks on an ultrasound.
Speaking next, Speier said that she had to stray from her prepared remarks because “my stomach is in knots. “That procedure that you talked about was a procedure I endured. I lost a baby,” Speier said, revealing that she had an abortion at 17 weeks gestation of a wanted child because of medical complications. “But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest, as you have, that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous.”
"— Rep. Jackie Speier gets personal on abortion - Diane Webber - POLITICO.com
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