Here's Marilyn Lands' winning message in an Alabama swing district [View all]
Lands secured a whopping 63 percent of the votea 26-point leadby aggressively going against the grain, telling voters she supports a repeal of Alabamas abortion bans while sharing her own experience with abortion two decades ago, when she received a devastating diagnosis: a genetic defect called trisomy.
Twenty years ago I was able to get the care I needed. My three doctors told me this is the procedure I needed, that my life was at risk. I was able to go to my own hospital with my own doctor there, I didnt have to leave my community, Lands told The New Republics Greg Sargent. And to think weve gone 20 years backwards. I cant believe that. Ive seen, in my lifetime, women make great strides in many areas. And, Im just, Im outraged that 20 years later women do not have the same freedoms and protections that I had.
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