This week, we've all been focused on the tragedy in Vegas -- and we should be. But meanwhile, the House passed HR 36 - a... Posted by Katie Hill for Congress on Friday, October 6, 2017Abortion rights organization NARAL is endorsing Democrat Katie Hill’s bid to represent the Antelope Valley’s 25th Congressional District, citing her willingness to discuss her own experience with an unplanned pregnancy as a teenager. “She will not just be [a] Congresswoman women and families can rely on, she will be a passionate and dedicated champion for our rights,” the organization said in a statement. Hill has openly talked about what it was like to weigh getting an abortion at the age of 18. Hill spoke about the experience, which ended in a miscarriage, in a video posted to her campaign's Facebook page in October after the House approved a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2018 06:45 UTC