The Democratic National Convention is a celebration of Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee, and while there has been plenty of adulation for the Harris-Walz campaign, the first night of the DNC was also an emotional reminder of what’s at stake in November. On Monday, amid speeches from celebrities and some of the biggest names in Democratic politics, four everyday Americans took the stage to speak about how the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade — and the slew of state-level abortion restrictions implemented in its aftermath — have impacted their lives.
Perhaps the most gut-wrenching testimony of the night came from Hadley Duvall, a young woman from Kentucky who at age 12 became pregnant and miscarried after being sexually assaulted by her stepfather. Duvall, now 21, shared her story for the first time on Facebook in 2022 following the demise of Roe. “At age 12 I took my first pregnancy test, and it was positive,” Duvall told the DNC audience.
“That was the first time I was ever told ‘you have options.’ I can’t imagine not having a choice but today, that’s the reality for many women and girls across the country because of Trump’s abortion bans.” “He calls it a beautiful thing,” Duvall said of Trump’s bragging of his role in overturning Roe.
“What is so beautiful about a child having to carry her parent’s child?” Assault and incest survivor Hadley Duvall at the DNC: Trump calls abortion bans "a beautiful thing. What is s.