Extreme Abortion Bans Inspire Progressive Women To Run For Office
Posted on AllSides June 2nd, 2019
From The Left
It is 94 degrees in this Georgia city. Some 120 Democrats dewy with sweat have congregated in a highly air-conditioned conference center to learn how to run for office. And more than half of them are women.
One of those women is Kelly Rose, a first-time candidate originally from Los Angeles who now lives in McDonough. She’s challenging Republican state Sen. Brian Strickland after his vote in support of the state’s extreme “heartbeat” bill that Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed into law last month.