Culture Shock: Behind the Smiling Face of Abortion Advocacy
Hadley Duvall’s shocking story of how she was sexually abused as a child and how she went public for Kentucky campaign for governor is both heart-wrenching and controversial. The Democratic political operatives behind Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign seized her story and turned it into a rallying cry. Duvall became pregnant at 12 years old by her abuser, and her case made the issue of adding rape and incest exceptions to the post-Roe trigger law.
Her story of trauma, victimization, and suffrage shows that, in many cases, there is no easy takeaway when it comes to abortion and the complex circumstances surrounding it. Hadley’s personal ordeal is a reminder that one tragedy does not justify another.
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