A pregnant Arizona lawmaker who revealed in a speech at the state Senate that she was planning to get an abortion says she wanted to share with her colleagues and the public the practical effects of abortion restrictions passed over the years.
PHOENIX — Democratic Sen. Eva Burch of Mesa told fellow lawmakers in a floor speech Monday that she was going to get an abortion because her pregnancy is no longer viable. The first-term lawmaker, who previously worked as a nurse practitioner at a women’s health clinic, described a "rough journey" with fertility and recounted a miscarriage she had suffered.
Burch, who is running for re-election this year, also acknowledged that she wanted to shine a light on a proposed ballot measure that would create a constitutional right to abortion."If the Arizona Legislature is not going to operate in reality, then the people of Arizona need to have an opportunity to be able to take control of some of those decisions for themselves," Burch said.
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