Though politicians at all levels have been talking about abortion in new ways, nowhere is that more true than in state legislative races
means that abortion policy is now determined on a state-by-state basis, and that has given state legislatures more control over the legality of abortion for their constituents.
This isn’t the first time that political ads have featured abortion stories. Abortion rights activism has used first-person stories at “speakouts” and protests for decades, and politicians have occasionally spoken about their own experiences with abortion or sexual assault in the past. But the increase in Democratic campaign ads and candidates sharing personal abortion-related stories demonstrates both the salience of the issue sinceand the Democratic Party’s changing messaging around abortion.
Other candidates have told their stories for the first time this year, moved by similar motivations to show the wide variety of medical care affected by laws restricting abortion and push back on anti-abortion arguments that the new laws are not as restrictive as Democrats are making them out to be.describing her own recent miscarriage after seeing her opponent, conservative activist Di Lothrop, downplay the effects of abortion restrictions.
Some candidates who had abortions not for medical reasons are also speaking out. New Hampshire state Rep. Amanda Elizabeth Toll had an unplanned pregnancy as a teenager and chose to get an abortion. “It allowed me to have, when I was ready, children on my own terms,” she says. Toll was talking about her abortion long before this year, but she says now it is more important than ever for lawmakers to show constituents they understand the experience.
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