why it s so important now for me to tell the story is i don t want any woman to ever have to go through that. i know what that back alley looked like. i know ha ha that dark light looked like. i see it right now. i was one of the fortunate ones. reporter: these stories didn t just span experiences that led these congresswomen to make these decision, but these span geerations. one of the things you hear from democrats who say now is a very important moment to act on federal laws, one of the reasons that they say that is because they are concerned that a conservative-leaning supreme court could roll back the protections offered by roe v. wade decision. for one congresswoman, she chose to have her abortion before that law and before that case even happened in the supreme court. so she s not talking theoretically about a time before roe. for her, you heard her say it there. she knows what that back alley