US: State politician gives speech while in active labor, withdraws to give birth
Source: Good Morning America
A state politician is bringing attention to the difficulties facing expectant mothers as she went into labor during an impassioned speech to delegates at a local party convention.
Minnesota state Senate candidate Erin Maye Quade was in active labor Saturday while she delivered a speech to delegates at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's District 56 convention.
"So they broke the news that I'm in labor, yeah?" Maye Quade, 36, asked the audience, some of whom responded "yeah," while others laughed.
Maye Quade labored as she spoke in hopes of wooing delegates to win her party's endorsement.
Click here to read the full article published by Good Morning America on 28 April 2022.
A state politician is bringing attention to the difficulties facing expectant mothers as she went into labor during an impassioned speech to delegates at a local party convention.
Minnesota state Senate candidate Erin Maye Quade was in active labor Saturday while she delivered a speech to delegates at the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's District 56 convention.
"So they broke the news that I'm in labor, yeah?" Maye Quade, 36, asked the audience, some of whom responded "yeah," while others laughed.
Maye Quade labored as she spoke in hopes of wooing delegates to win her party's endorsement.
Click here to read the full article published by Good Morning America on 28 April 2022.