Arizona women share stories of having abortions

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — It has been a month for the reason that Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade making a patchwork of various abortion legal guidelines in several states. On Monday evening in Phoenix, dozens of individuals got here collectively at a Deliberate Parenthood occasion to struggle for abortion rights. A handful of ladies who had abortions took the stand and shared their tales.

“I used to be 25, I wasn’t in a wholesome relationship and I all the time knew that I didn’t need to be a mother. So once I came upon I used to be pregnant, I felt the one alternative I had was getting an abortion,” mentioned Beth, who solely needed to provide her first identify.

For others, the choice to get an abortion was a matter of life or demise. “I used to be very sick, couldn’t inform you my first identify, or eat or stroll and they might have needed to maintain me within the hospital for months,” mentioned one speaker.

Totally different tales from individuals who collectively mentioned they’re glad they’d a alternative. “It was a really scary time for me and I felt like I had no the place to go that felt secure. I couldn’t present for that baby,” mentioned one other speaker.

In Arizona, Legal professional Basic Mark Brnovich desires to implement a century previous regulation that bans all abortions until the mom’s life is in danger. There aren’t any exceptions for rape or incest below the regulation. Deliberate Parenthood Arizona is preventing that close to whole ban in court docket. For now, a majority of abortion suppliers in Arizona have halted the process.

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