When Eva Burch learned her pregnancy was not progressing and decided to have an abortion, Burch and her husband quickly made another decision: Burch, who is a Democratic state senator in Arizona, was going to speak up about it – from the floor of the state senate. On Monday, as her voice shook and a group of women surrounded her, Burch gave a 10-minute speech about her decision and the struggle to navigate Arizona’s "coercive" maze of abortion restrictions. With her speech, she joined the ranks of women who have spoken out since the fall of Roe v Wade about their battles to get abortions even for nonviable pregnancies. Yet Burch, who was still pregnant when she spoke on the floor as well as during an interview, is the first state lawmaker to do so Arizona senator is first state lawmaker to speak about fight to get an abortion