700,000 deaths from covid-19. but there s some good news on the pandemic. coming up, the new evidence that vaccine mandates are working. but first, emotional testimony on capitol hill. a congresswomen shared raw and personal stories of their own abortions with abortion rights under attack. choosing to have an abortion is the hardest decision i ever made but at 18 years old i knew it was the right decision for me. for me, terminating my pregnancy was not an easy choice. the most difficult i ve made in my life. but it was my choice. that is what must be preserved for every pregnant person. what happens when we welcome change? we can make emergency medicine possible at 40,000 feet. instead of burning our past for power, we can harness the energy of the tiny electron.
Battle, given the dynamics in the senate. but this is the first step to make sure we put into law roe v. wade. so we can t stop now, we ve got to keep going, because once again, i can see what s getting ready to take place. back alley abortions. do you know that the african-american women died more of septic abortions than any other reasons for death in the day when i was a teenager? and so i see what s going on. this is an issue of justice. it s an issue of freedom. and we have to make sure that everyone has access to the full range of reproductive health care including abortion. so we have to educate more members of congress and make sure they understand, i m not taking away their freedom, i m not condemning them for their views, but let me make my own personal decisions. it s none of your business, it s not the business of any elected officials. when you say i see what s coming, you have the supreme court scheduled to consider the constitutionality of mississippi s so-called hea
Just turned 16, but if my story will help other women come out and if it will shed some light on the fact that regardless of your views, you know, people have the decision-making right, the freedom to make their own decisions about their bodies. and that s what we were trying to communicate. and i felt like now is the time, if i was ever going to be helpful in making sure that no one has to go through what i went through years ago. do you feel like you were heard today? what do you hope your colleagues who may support restrictions, who may support abortion restrictions, what do you hope they took away today, after today s hearing? i hope they took away that whether they support or oppose abortion, that it s their decision. i m not going to tell my colleagues that their mothers made the wrong decision. i m not going to tell my colleagues they made the wrong decisions. that s not for politicians to determine. it s for that person.
Bush spoke about about how coming up in the church, a member of her faith community, she saw her own mind changed as she heard these stories and made these decisions herself, she said absolutely this can change minds. the reality on the ground, you and i have covered this issue for a long time, we know how deeply passionate and entrenched these viewpoints are. we even saw during the hearing, these two stark contrasts between the lawmakers who shared their stories to have abortions and a republican lawmaker on the committee who testified for the committee who said, pointing to her mother s decision not to have an abortion. these are deeply held views. do i think in the broader conversation around this issue, we re now seeing the impact of reflective democracy, having more women of color and women period in the halls of congress, this is what you get. and actually i asked one of these lawmakers about this. listen to what she told me. is that an outgrowth of reflective democracy? i to
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