AOC addresses abortion rights rally

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"I was raped while I was living here in New York City."  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opened up about her personal experience at an abortion rights rally ...

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00:00I myself, when I was about 22 or 23 years old, was raped while I was living here in New York City.

00:09I was completely alone. I felt completely alone.

00:15In fact, I felt so alone that I had to take a pregnancy test in a public bathroom in midtown Manhattan.

00:24And when I sat there waiting for what the result would be,

00:30all I could think was, thank God I have at least a choice.

00:37Thank God I could at least have the freedom to choose my destiny.

00:45I didn't know then, as I was waiting, that it would come up negative.

00:51But it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

00:56And that this is for all of us. This is not a women's rights issue.

01:02This is an issue for all of us. For all of us.

01:10We need to center and protect our trans and non-binary siblings and family of the trans

01:18because they are on the front lines.

01:21And men, if your partner had gotten an abortion and it helped your life,

01:26you need to start talking about that too.

01:31Because it takes two to tango here, baby.

01:33We're going to have to strike for our rights.

01:36That means we're going to have to organize. We're going to have to educate.

01:40We're going to have to flood the coffers of abortion funds.

01:43We're going to have to open our apartments and our couches to people who are seeking safe passage.

01:48That is what we're up to right now.

01:51And on the note of voting, when people want to say vote harder, that means primaries too.

01:59Because we cannot have a party that doesn't know how to deal with the present moment anymore.

02:08Not when fascism is just rearing its ugly head in the United States of America.

02:14We can do better everywhere.

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