State Sen. Eva Burch stood at the end of Monday’s session to make a point of personal privilege, a right afforded to Arizona lawmakers when they would like to make a personal remark. Burch, who for the last 12 years has worked as an emergency room nurse and nurse practitioner at a women’s health clinic, shared that a few weeks ago she and her husband found out she was pregnant.
Burch, who has given birth to two sons, described how, despite being at an abortion clinic just a few days ago, she is still pregnant. She had to sit through an uncomfortable transvaginal ultrasound and listen to an “exhaustive list of absolute disinformation.” Sam Paisley, national press secretary for the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, commended Burch for sharing her story and described her as the “epitome of courage” in a statement shared with HuffPost.
“I stand with those who have had to grapple with and navigate Arizona’s restrictive laws surrounding abortion at a time when the decisions being made were complicated enough,” she said. “I’m with them. I appreciate them. I am them.”At HuffPost, we believe that everyone needs high-quality journalism, but we understand that not everyone can afford to pay for expensive news subscriptions.
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