AOC Bashes Draconian Abortion Laws By Sharing Her Own Traumatic Experience

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram Live to share her traumatic experience of sexual assault and how the availability of abortion resources gave her some solace and peace of mind that she “at least had a choice” in thinking about her future. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Francesca Fiorentini discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-sexual-assault-abortion-ruling-b2083354.html

"Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she once feared she would need to undergo an abortion after being sexually assaulted, saying it left her feeling “horrified” and “really alone” but that she “at least had a choice”.

The New York Democrat first disclosed that she is a survivor of sexual assault in 2021.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC as she is informally known, made the remarks on Thursday a little more than a week after Senate Democrats failed to pass a law to codify the protections of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

A leaked draft opinion from the conservative-majority court suggests the landmark ruling is set to be overturned.

“I have, you know, publically kind of talked about my experience with sexual assault in the past.

After you experience something that traumatising and if you are a person that menstruates you know your cycle, and this happened to me, your cycle can be really really thrown off,” she said during an Instagram Live appearance while raising funds for abortion care."

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