Ex-Democrat shares abortion pill experience that left her 'hemorrhaging in the bath'

Nebraska resident Haile McAnally is visiting Capitol Hill this week to urge lawmakers to restrict access to abortion pills such as mifepristone, describing a hospitalization she says followed her own use of the medication. She told Fox News Digital she began hemorrhaging in her bathroom after taking the pills under the direction of medical professionals and believes "divine intervention" kept her from bleeding to death. McAnally said the same pills can be mailed to anyone, and she worries about young women who order them online without knowing whether they have a pre-existing medical condition that could put them at risk.

McAnally said the experience helped push her away from being a "registered Democrat" who considered herself pro-choice toward becoming a pro-life Republican. She recalled being drawn to the left because she saw it as more open to discussing difficult topics, but said questions about her complications were met with responses that the subject wasn't part of the agenda or platform. She said people on the right were more willing to engage, and that she feared being condemned by pro-life advocates but instead found them supportive of her story and her search for forgiveness and counsel.

McAnally also criticized Planned Parenthood, saying it framed her experience as an example of women's empowerment without acknowledging the pain involved. She is one of several women meeting with lawmakers this week to press for tighter restrictions on mail access to abortion medication.

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