A female US senator without both legs will give birth to a child in 50 years
'14.02.2018'
Source: with the BBC
US Senator and Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth announced that she was expecting the birth of a girl - shortly after she turns 50, in April this year. This means that a woman will become the first US Senator to give birth to a child during her tenure.
Tammy Duckworth has already become the first disabled woman to be elected to the Senate - she lost both legs as a US Army helicopter pilot. Air force. Mrs. Duckworth is also the first Senate member born in Thailand. Her mother is Chinese, and her father is an American veteran who served in the Second World War and the Vietnam War.
Speaking to Chicago TribuneMrs Duckworth said she considers the period up to 2018 to be a “black time” in Senate history.
“I can't believe this trend lasted until 2018. We are talking about gender inequality that exists in our country. Men had children while they held their posts. ”
The senator hoped more women would follow her example. “It would be nice to have some company here,” she joked.
49-year-old Dacuort was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2012, having served two terms before running for the Senate. Former US President Barack Obama appeared in Mrs. Duckworth’s campaign in the 2016 election, when she won the Democratic Senate seat in Illinois. Previously, she served as assistant secretary of veterans and led the department of veterans of Illinois.
Announcing Tuesday that she was expecting a baby, Mrs. Duckworth told Chicago Sun Times, that she and her husband struggled to conceive a second baby. Their first daughter, Abigail, was born after infertility treatment in 2014, when Mrs. Duckworth was 47 years old.
“I have had several IVF cycles and a miscarriage, so we are very happy,” the senator told the newspaper.
She also admitted that she experienced a miscarriage precisely during her successful campaign in the elections to the Senate in 2016.
