More activists who have had abortions are saying so out loud. Here’s why

In 1992, an estimated half a million people gathered on the National Mall for a rally for abortion rights.

The speakers made many of the same arguments that abortion-rights advocates have made for decades, arguing that government shouldn’t limit people’s ability to make decisions about their own bodies.

But in nearly four hours of speeches, no one stepped up to the mic and said, “I have had an abortion.”