In 2020, alarmed by some of the statements made by Amy Coney Barrett, Pres. Donald Trumpβs pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Gary Peters became the first sitting U.S. senator to share a personal experience with abortion. In an interview with Elle magazine, Peters recounted how his first wife, Heidi, was initially denied a medically necessary abortion in 1980.
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