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Having a Preemie Made Me More Pro-Choice

I’m not going to let Trump use the struggle my daughter faced as an infant as a reason to take away her rights as an adult

Jessica Valenti
GEN
Published in
3 min readFeb 5, 2020

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AtAt the State of the Union, one of President Donald Trump’s guests was a mother and her toddler who was born prematurely. Her presence, the president made…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
Writer for

Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.