in a long speech According to Wilson, the baby was declared dead in the late 1960s when she was seven months pregnant.because her pregnancy Law vs Wade In the decision to legalize abortion across the country, doctors were forbidden to induce labor, according to Wilson.
“First of all, I had to learn how to deal with the immense grief that comes with losing a child and the fact that the child’s dead body is still inside me,” Wilson said. “I cried every night and all day. My little body was miserable with pain, weakness and weakness.”
Today I relived one of the most difficult times of my life in the House. I talked about the experience of being forced to carry a dead baby on my back. Forbidden by law to induce labor, I almost died with my dead child inside me for two months. You can’t go back. pic.twitter.com/emuWzQDgWX
— Rep. Frederica Wilson (@RepWilson) January 11, 2023
A member of the House of Representatives since 2011, Wilson has long supported abortion rights. egg June, Wilson called it “A dark day in our history”
While sharing her experience on Wednesday, Wilson said she had always wanted to have multiple children. . She and her late husband, Paul Wilson, often touched her stomach to feel her baby’s movements.
Wilson said she stopped moving when she was seven months pregnant. Heartbroken to learn that the baby was “declared dead,” Wilson crawled into his mother’s lap every day, Her husband is night. She said the baby meat entered her bloodstream, making her more susceptible to toxic shock syndrome.
Eight and a half months into her pregnancy, Wilson said, she had gave birth and gave birth to a stillborn son. After three days of agony, Wilson said, she left the maternity ward in a wheelchair and cried at the sight of another woman with her newborn.
“Please,” Wilson said through tears.
Wilson has three more children, but she said she is plagued with stillbirths, especially as the state overturns abortion laws. Florida now bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
In Wednesday’s session, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed two abortion-related bills. We condemn attacks on anti-abortion facilities and groups.Another requires medical professionals to provide care In rare cases, babies survive abortions. Neither bill is likely to pass the Senate.
“Abortion is maternal health care,” Wilson said in a statement to The Washington Post. “This is not only true for women who decide they are not ready to be parents, but also for women facing emergencies. That is why these decisions need to be left to women, doctors and God. It is.”
Several other House Democrats have shared their personal stories since states began restricting access to abortion. Described a teenage trip to Mexico for “back alley abortion.” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said at the same hearing that she had an abortion after experiencing a high-risk pregnancy.
And in July, about a month after 1973 egg When the decision was overturned, Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) shared in a political ad that she had been raped and became pregnant at 17.
“That’s where my abortion story began,” Bush said. “Millions more have their own.”
Wilson said Wednesday that members of Congress, who are mostly male, should consider emergencies like hers when voting on abortion policy.
Wilson concluded, “May God help you find in your heart to hear me.”