Michelle Cilley Foisy told House lawmakers on Thursday about the death of her daughter Kayla, who would have turned 16 in December. When the story becomes almost impossible to tell, Foisy reminds herself she’s telling it for women who today don’t have.
Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.CONCORD Michelle Cilley Foisy planned to tell House lawmakers Thursday about the death of her daughter Kayla, who would have turned 16 in December. When the story becomes almost.
Michelle Cilley Foisy plans to tell House lawmakers Thursday about the death of her daughter Kayla, who would have turned 16 in December. When the story becomes almost impossible to tell, Foisy reminds herself she’s telling it for women who today don’t have the options she had when they learn late in pregnancy their baby will not survive outside the womb.
N.H. women who have been faced with those difficult late-in-pregnancy decisions have also begun telling their stories in hopes of repealing the new law.