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RSS FeedsAbortion debates prompt rape testimony from female lawmakers
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18 may 2019 20:19:32

 
Abortion debates prompt rape testimony from female lawmakers
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - For more than two decades, Nancy Mace did not speak publicly about her rape. In April, when she finally broke her silence, she chose the most public of forums - before her colleagues in South Carolina`s legislature. A bill was being debated that would ban all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected; Mace, a Republican lawmaker, wanted to add an exception for rape and incest. When some of her colleagues in the House dismissed her amendment - some women invent rapes to justify seeking an abortion, they claimed - she could not restrain herself. `For some of us who have been raped, it can take 25 years to get up the courage and talk about being a victim of rape,` Mace...


 
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