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Frances Thompson was an American, formerly enslaved Black trans woman and anti-rape activist. She was one of the five Black women to testify before a congressional committee that investigated the Memphis Riots of 1866. She is believed to be the first trans woman to testify before the United States Congress.
Abby Johnson (born July 11, 1980) [1] is an American anti-abortion activist who previously worked at Planned Parenthood as a clinic director, but resigned in October 2009. She states that she resigned after watching an abortion on ultrasound.
In September 2015, Jessen testified at a Congressional hearing investigating Planned Parenthood's practices regarding fetal tissue donation, following the Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy. During her testimony, Jessen said she would ask Planned Parenthood the following question: "If abortion is about women's rights, then ...
In July 2023, court hearings in the case were held over a two-day period, during which time three women testified about the effects of their having been denied abortion care on their own lives. One of the women, Samantha Casiano, described being pregnant and learning that her fetus had no chance of survival, because it lacked a skull due to a ...
As tensions on campus simmered, Gay and the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were called to testify before Congress about disciplinary ...
Gosnell has been heavily criticized for racism on the basis that he separated white women from black women, giving white women a slightly cleaner room for their abortion procedures. [ 35 ] [ 9 ] It was also claimed that he charged $1,600 – 3,000 for each late-term abortion , and had made $10,000 – 15,000 per day from the clinic.
The woman who was at the center of a yearslong Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations surrounding Rep. Matt Gaetz testified to the House Ethics Committee that the now ...
Before being elected to Congress, Budzinski was a special assistant to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. She worked as a transition team member when Pritzker Congresswoman testifies at former Illinois House ...