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Apr
2
2023
NEWS ARTICLE

Democrats Run on Abortion, Even for Offices With Little Say on the Issue

Daniela Velázquez, a public relations executive running for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, is campaigning on continuing the city’s policy of providing money for women seeking abortions to travel across the Mississippi River to Illinois, where the procedure remains legal. While abortion became illegal in Missouri after the Supreme Court’s decision, Ms. Velázquez said many in St. Louis supported abortion rights.

Whitney Curtis for the New York Times