Katie Porter: My 12-Year-Old Daughter Asked Me What Will Happen If She Gets Raped and Needs an Abortion Now That Trump Is President

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PORTER: "So on election night, I went to pick up my daughter from water polo practice, and she’s 12, and she got in the car, she was crying. And I said, 'Did someone punch you?' Like, water polo is a rough sport. I was like, 'Did someone hit you? Did coach yell at you? What happened?' And she said, 'Mom, Trump won, Trump’s gonna win. And what if I get raped and I need to have an abortion?' This is from a 13-year old, my 12-year-old daughter And so it was really a reminder of how scary this time is for people and how important it is for Democrats to have strategies both at the state level and the federal level to make sure that we can continue to protect people’s rights."