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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

‘After which failed pregnancy should I have been imprisoned’: House member who had two miscarriages blasts GOP on abortion ban

The Hill

Congresswoman Lucy McBath shared her struggles with miscarriages on Wednesday to advocate for women's reproductive rights in the United States in the wake of a leaked draft opinion from the conservative-majority Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v Wade decision.

Speaking at a US House judiciary committee hearing on the "ongoing crisis in abortion care access", the Georgia Democrat argued that the legislation introduced in right-wing states could impact the treatment of women who had undergone miscarriages and stillbirths.

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