Kentucky rape survivor shares story in new Harris ad
Vice President Harris's campaign unveiled a new ad Wednesday with a Kentucky rape surviving sharing her story and squarely blaming former President Trump for restricting abortion access.
The new 30-second spot entitled “Monster” is narrated by Hadley Duvall, a Kentucky woman who was impregnated as a child by her stepfather.
Duvall recalls being abused starting at 5 years old and then becoming pregnant at 12, before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, so she said she “had options.”
“Because Donald Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, girls and woman have lost the right to choose. Donald Trump did this," she said. "He took away our freedom."
The ad is set to the song “When the Party’s Over” by Billie Eilish, who endorsed Harris on Tuesday, citing that the vice president is “fighting to protect our reproductive freedom.” The ads also encourage Americans to register to vote and includes a link to iwillvote.com at the end.
It will air on national television during high viewership moments, including the WNBA Playoffs, the season premiere of Survivor and on ABC's "Good Morning America." It will also air on Bravo, HGTV, in an effort to reach younger, female audiences and on broadcast and cable networks across battleground states.
Duvall is joining the Harris campaign’s reproductive rights bus tour on a stop in Pennsylvania, and she spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.
“After a violation of their bodies, survivors of rape and incest are being told they cannot make decisions about what happens to them next — all because of Trump Abortion Bans," Harris wrote on social media platform X, sharing the ad. "This is immoral. Women and girls like Hadley deserve better."
When President Biden was at the top of the ticket, before he endorsed Harris to run in his place, his campaign also released an ad narrated by Duvall that was directed at hitting Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) — Trump's running mate — over his stance on abortion.
Earlier this week, Harris also blamed Trump for Georgia’s restrictive abortion law after ProPublica published a report that revealed a 28-year-old mother in the state died after not receiving care for an infection due to the state’s law.
The Trump campaign responded to the ProPublica report that its “unclear” why the life of the Georgia mother, wasn’t protected in the situation.
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