Democrat becomes first sitting senator to open up about his family's 'gut-wrenching' abortion experience

Amid Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court, Michigan Sen. Gary Peters shared details of an abortion experience he faced with his wife.

Peters and his wife Heidi became pregnant in the 1980s with their second child, a baby they both wanted. However, Heidi’s water broke four months into the pregnancy, leaving their child without amniotic fluid. Doctors advised her to wait for a natural miscarriage, but her life was potentially put at risk after it did not occur for several days.