Texas Woman Recalls Nearly Dying After Being Denied Abortion In New Harris Ad
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The couple places the blame squarely at the feet of former President Donald Trump: "He did this to me."
A new ad from the Harris-Walz campaign depicts the heart-wrenching story of a Texas couple who was denied an emergency abortion under the state’s extreme abortion ban — and places the blame squarely at the feet of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The couple, identified only as Ondrea and Ceasar, got pregnant in the fall of 2022, shortly after the Supreme Court repealed federal abortion protections. Ondrea was 16 weeks pregnant when her water broke and doctors told her that her child would not survive, according to the ad.
In the ad, Ondrea says she was denied abortion care under the state’s near-total ban, which threatens physicians who violate the law with felony charges punishable by up to life in prison. A minute-long cut of the ad, which the campaign shared on social media, will run on TV channels ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ CNN town hall on Wednesday night.
Ondrea’s child died, and she was rushed into a six-hour emergency surgery because she had developed sepsis, according to the ad. Doctors made a large incision from her sternum to her pelvis in order to save her life. The video includes jarring photos of Ondrea in the hospital and her surgical wound, which remained open for weeks because it was too large to be closed.
Several parts of the ad include audio from Trump boasting about killing Roe and saying he believes women should be punished for getting abortions.