Cori Bush Reveals True Story Behind Her Abortion

Published Sep 29 2021 at 8:30 PM GMT

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Ahead of her testimony at an Oversight Committee hearing on reproductive rights, Congresswoman Cori Bush has shared the story of her own abortion in its entirety for the first time.
"When I was 17, I was raped, became pregnant, and got an abortion", she wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
Bush disclosed her abortion earlier this month, at a reproductive rights rally on the steps of the Old Courthouse.
Speaking to Vanity Fair this week, she disclosed for the first time the whole story.