Lawrence O’Donnell Tells His Mom’s Story Amid Abortion Rights Rollback

MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell’s monologue turned personal Tuesday when he emotionally described a procedure his mother once needed—one which Georgia’s Republican lawmakers recently banned.

O’Donnell told his story following a ProPublica report this week that the legislation enacted in the southern state has led to the deaths of at least two women.

“ProPublica is now reporting about the death of a 28-year-old woman in Georgia who died because of what George W. Bush and Donald Trump did to her when they appointed those Supreme Court justices,” O’Donnell said, before reading from the story, which notes that the woman needed a procedure called a dilation and curettage (D&C), which removes tissue from the inside of the uterus.

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