Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made the overturning of Roe vs. Wade personal to make her point
She said,"I myself, when I was about 22 or 23 years old, was raped when I was living here in New York City. I was completely alone. In fact, I felt so alone that I had to take a pregnancy test in a public bathroom in midtown Manhattan."
AOC went on ..."When I sat there waiting for what the result would be, all I could think was: Thank God I have, at least, a choice. Thank God I could, at least, have the freedom to choose my destiny. I didn't know then, as I was waiting, that it would come up negative. But it doesn't matter ... This is for all of us. This is not a women's rights issue. This is an issue for all of us.
Abortion is legal in New York, but more than a dozen states have a trigger law that went into effect the moment Roe
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