Pramila Jayapal: “I speak to you as one of the one in four women in America who have had an abortion. I knew I was not ready to have…”

“I speak to you as one of the one in four women in America who have had an abortion. I knew I was not ready to have another child so I religiously took my daily contraceptive pill. Despite that, I became pregnant. I consulted with my doctors who told me that any future pregnancy would likely also be high risk to me and the child. After discussions with my partner who was completely supportive of whatever choice I made, I decided to have an abortion. Whether the choice to have an abortion is easy or hard, whether there are traumatic situations of or not, none of that should be the issue. It is simply nobody`s business what choices we as pregnant people make about our own bodies.”