Revealing Her Own Abortion, Rep. Speier Criticizes Conservatives For Failing To Empathize With Women

[kpete]

SPEIER: You know I had really planned to speak about something else. But the gentleman from New Jersey just put my stomach in knots. Because I am one of those woman he spoke about just now. I had a procedure at 17 weeks, pregnant with a child that had moved from the vagina into the cervix. And that procedure that you just talked about is a procedure I endured. I lost a baby. But for you to stand on this floor and suggest as you have that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous. To think that we are here tonight debating this issue, while the American people, if they are listening, are scratching their heads and wondering “what does this have to do with me getting a job? What does this have to do with reducing the deficit?” The answer is nothing at all.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/145019-planned-parenthood-debate-gets-personal-as-lawmaker-tells-of-her-abortion
VIDEO & MORE HERE:
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/18/rep-speier-reveals-abortion-on-house-floor/

[babylonsister]

1. Recommend-courage! nt

[kpete]

3. so many emotions

she is very brave to share,
peace, babylonsister,
kpete

[mimitabby]

2. wow, awesome!

[loudsue]

4. And the ARROGANCE of the GOP to believe THEY could have made her choice

instead, when she was in that position, makes me sick to my stomach.

[catabryna]

5. Not one to pick on anyone who has had to make such

a difficult decision, I'm confused.

"...pregnant with a child that had moved from the vagina into the cervix"

That's the oddest pregnancy I've ever heard of.

eta: she must have meant uterus into cervix.

[hamsterjill]

6. Wow! Profound.

Good for her! That took courage!