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Cori Bush: “I cannot imagine right now, if I had a child standing taller than I, that I raised, that I would look into, in the face…”

On the recordJune 23, 2022
I cannot imagine right now, if I had a child standing taller than I, that I raised, that I would look into, in the face of and know that this was the child of my rapist.
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Cori Bush
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Cori Bush expresses the emotional turmoil of facing a pregnancy resulting from rape, emphasizing the gravity of the situation.

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