Rep. Frederica Wilson shared her experience of being forced to carry her dead fetus for 2 months

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Rep. Frederica Wilson

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Today, I relived one of the most painful times in my life on the House floor. I shared my experience of being forced to carry my dead baby. Prohibited by law to induce labor, I carried my deceased child inside me for two months and almost died. We can't go back.

I was wheeled out of the maternity ward empty-handed and overcome with grief as I watched other moms celebrate their newborns.

Abortions don't just apply to women who've decided they are not ready to have a child. It affects women who are faced with medical emergencies.

We cannot put childbearing women at risk because of a group of ludicrous, hateful, majority-male Congress who have never experienced pregnancy or childbirth but take pride in monitoring women's vaginas. How dare you!

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[Hekate]

2. They hear but never listen or comprehend...

I am so sorry Rep. Wilson was sent back to the maternity ward. When my mom gave birth to a stillborn boy, her doc sent her to the surgical ward to spare her.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Anti-Abortion politicians DO NOT CARE...

Whether or not a woman dies if their fetus does. Nor do they care about the fetus after it is born. They are doing everything they can to CUT off aid, programs, educational opportunities, etc , to give a child a chance.

THEY are the villans here, not the women snd Doctors.

[jaxexpat]

9. They're running it like a business. They promised they would.

In this case it's the business of animal husbandry including the butchery.

[Rebl2]

10. The only way

they will understand is if it happens to their wife, girlfriend, or daughter.

[betsuni]

4. K&R

[thecrow]

5. K&R

These stories must be told.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. The Extreme Court and all anti-abortionists need to tend to their own twisted lives.

[MiniMe]

7. If the fetus is dead, it isn't an abortion.

It is a medical procedure to purge an unhealthy growth. The repukes probably don't understand the difference.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. It is, though. The procedure is the same.

[MiniMe]

15. No it's not

If you abort a fetus, you are ending the life. If it is already dead, you aren't doing that.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. An abortion is a procedure that removes the products of conception and pregnancy tissue.

D&C/E are types of abortions that can be used whether the fetus is alive or dead.

[MiniMe]

17. I've had several D&C's and none of them were "abortions"

I wasn't pregnant, and neither was Frederica at that point.

[3catwoman3]

8. 2 MONTHS? 2 damned MONTHS?

That is inhumane.

[Lonestarblue]

11. It's a wonder she didn't die from sepsis.

That’s why the US has the highest maternal death rate of any developed nation. And red states have the worst rates, especially among poor women.

[3catwoman3]

13. This is completely indefensible.

A big F-U to all this busybody politicians. They need to mind their own damn business.

[progressoid]

14. Jesus F.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. K&R

[pansypoo53219]

19. fuck frued. womb envy.

[dchill]

20. We really can't go back.