Progressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe's demise

""If these candidates continue to be successful, it'll just once again show us that people are unhappy with state abortion policies but also that abortion is a big enough deal to them that they may vote for someone they may not otherwise," said Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis."

"At the federal level, Democratic Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri, Pramila Jayapal of Washington state and Barbara Lee of California have shared their abortion stories openly since speaking about them at a House committee hearing in 2021 on abortion rights."

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"At the federal level, Democratic Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri, Pramila Jayapal of Washington state and Barbara Lee of California have shared their abortion stories openly since speaking about them at a House committee hearing in 2021 on abortion rights."

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"At the federal level, Democratic Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri, Pramila Jayapal of Washington state and Barbara Lee of California have shared their abortion stories openly since speaking about them at a House committee hearing in 2021 on abortion rights."

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"That leaves political experts watching races such as Johnson's Teessee Senate bid to see if telling more personal stories will make a difference."

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"Back in Teessee, which severely limits exemptions to its abortion ban, Gloria Johnson isn't the only candidate sharing her story."

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"For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an abortion."

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"And as the future of Roe v. Wade hung in the balance after the Supreme Court's draft ruling leaked, Democratic Reps. Marie Newman of Illinois and Gwen Moore of Wisconsin also spoke openly about their abortions."

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"And as the future of Roe v. Wade hung in the balance after the Supreme Court's draft ruling leaked, Democratic Reps. Marie Newman of Illinois and Gwen Moore of Wisconsin also spoke openly about their abortions."

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"That would likely have killed her if she did nothing, but might have harmed the baby if Johnson got the treatment she needed to save her own life."

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"Johnson, now ruing as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Marsha Blackburn, has joined the growing ranks of progressive candidates choosing to tell their own abortion stories."

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"Johnson, now ruing as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Marsha Blackburn, has joined the growing ranks of progressive candidates choosing to tell their own abortion stories."

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"Johnson says reproductive rights are a priority for Democrats and Republicans."

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""The reality is that we're in a situation where people act like stories like mine are one in a million when actually they happen every day," Johnson said in a recent interview, nearly a year after her dramatic testimony."

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"Miesota state Sen. Kelly Morrison, a practicing OB-GYN, is ruing for Congress and promoting her support for abortion rights."

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