Texas woman slams anti-abortion lawmakers

This woman criticized Texas lawmakers after their anti-abortion policies nearly killed her …

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00:00I wasn't permitted to have an abortion.

00:02I nearly died on their watch.

00:04We've heard a lot today about the mental trauma and the negative harmful effects on a person's

00:13psychological well-being after they have an abortion, supposedly.

00:18And I'm curious why that's not relevant for me as well, because I wasn't permitted to

00:25have an abortion.

00:26And the trauma and the PTSD and the depression that I have dealt with in the eight months

00:34since this happened to me is paralyzing.

00:37I wanted to address my senators Cruz and Cornyn.

00:40What happened to me, I think most people in this room would agree, was horrific.

00:45But it's a direct result of the policies that they support.

00:49I nearly died on their watch.

00:53And furthermore, as a result of what happened to me, I may have been robbed of the opportunity

00:58to have children in the future.

01:00What happened to me was horrible, but I am one of many.

01:04And quite frankly, I'm lucky.

01:06I'm lucky that I have a husband that could take me to the hospital.

01:10I don't have other children that I had to worry about finding healthcare for.

01:14I have a job that was understanding that allowed me to grieve for three days as I waited to

01:19almost die.

01:21What about all of the women that don't have those same opportunities, that don't have

01:25access to healthcare, that don't have health insurance, that don't have a partner?

01:29What about them?