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Cori Bush: “When I was 17 years old, I was raped. Weeks later, I found out I was pregnant. Without the protections afforded to me by…”

On the recordMay 19, 2022
When I was 17 years old, I was raped. Weeks later, I found out I was pregnant. Without the protections afforded to me by Roe v. Wade, I would have been forced to birth a human being that I could not take care of and the father would have been my rapist.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Cori Bush shared her personal experience to highlight the importance of Roe v. Wade in protecting women's rights.

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