First Lady Jill Biden spoke Friday about how she helped a friend in the aftermath of an abortion in Pennsylvania, where abortions were illegal in the late 1960s, accusing Republicans of “wanting to go back in time.” did.
Biden spoke at the Democratic Congressional Election Commission’s conference on Women’s Lunch and Issues, telling a story about when she was 17 and one of her friends got pregnant in the late 1960s. The two lived in Pennsylvania, where abortion is illegal.
“She told me that the only way to terminate the pregnancy was to undergo a psychiatric evaluation declaring her mentally unfit before a doctor could perform the procedure,” Biden said. did not specify.
“I went to see her in the hospital and cried all the way home.” ”
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She and her mother “never spoke about it again,” she said.
“Secrecy. Shame. Silence. Danger. Death. That’s what defined the time for many women.”
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“It was devastating. How can we go back to those times?” she asked.
Mr Biden said women “will not allow this country to step back” and “will leave the radical agenda of the Republican Party to our daughters and granddaughters”.
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The White House did not respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report