Louisiana Rep. Delisha Boyd is advocating for an exemption to Louisiana's strict abortion ban for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest. Boyd, a Democratic lawmaker from New Orleans, shared her personal story to highlight the importance of allowing survivors to make their own choices. Her mother was a victim of statutory rape at 15, leading to Boyd's birth in 1969, before abortion was legalized in the U.S.
Boyd emphasized the challenges faced by rape and incest survivors in Louisiana, where they are forced to carry pregnancies to term or seek abortions in other states. Supporters of the ban argue that if Boyd's mother had aborted, the lawmaker wouldn't exist today.
