If you’ve been following the DNC on social media, Kaitlyn Joshua’s speech may not have come across your timelines. Celebrity cameos, memes, and Michelle Obama soundbites have been dominating the discourse. But reproductive rights need to be at the center of the Democrats’ platform and activists are fighting to make sure no one is left behind.
” were splashed across the biggest screen on the main stage. In front of the block lettering, a Black woman namedstood and told the story of how abortion bans left her bleeding out and fighting for her life eleven weeks into her pregnancy. While preparing for her two-year-old’s birthday party, Joshua began to miscarry but doctors at two emergency rooms turned her away because of statewide bans.
who remembers a time not so long ago when things looked very different. Ahead of the 2016 Presidential election, Bracey Sherman led thebecause moderators at Democratic primary debates refused to even bring up abortion access or wrestle with policy commitments. “I feel so glad to see that that ideology has shifted,” Bracey Sherman said of her time in Chicago this past week.
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