NPR Host Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion: ‘I Am Saying To All Women, Stand Up For Your Rights’

"...Bridgewater describes going to a hotel room to meet a friend of hers who was a nurse. Her friend inserted a rubber hose into her body and told her to leave it there for the next several days. Two days later, Bridewater started to hemorrhage and was rushed to an emergency room...."


Dee Dee Bridgewater, the award-winning jazz singer who hosts "JazzSet" on NPR, says she just remembers "this excruciating ... Read more