Hadley Duvall and other women impacted by abortion bans spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
of Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee, and while there has been plenty of adulation for the Harris-Walz campaign, the first night of the— and the slew of state-level abortion restrictions implemented in its aftermath — have impacted their lives.
Beshear used Duvall’s testimony as a jumping point to discuss the continued threat Republicans represent to women’s reproductive freedom. “Trump and Vance simply don’t believe in your freedom,” he said. “Trump says people are absolutely thrilled that women had their basic rights eliminated. J.D. Vance says women should stay in violent marriages, and that pregnancies resulting from rapes are ‘simply inconvenient.
Alongside Duvall, Kaitlyn Joshua, a Louisiana woman, recalled beginning to miscarry early in her second pregnancy, and being denied care by multiple hospitals. “Two emergency rooms sent me away,” Joshua recounted. “Because of Louisiana’s abortion ban, no one would confirm that I was miscarrying. I was in pain, bleeding so much my husband feared for my life.”
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