She wanted to freeze her eggs. She passed a law to make it accessible.
'I just get sad that maybe I put all of this stuff on the walls and all the service maybe before having a kid,' the 36-year-old Democrat who represents Prince George's 2nd District on the council said, tears pooling under her lashes. 'And that's hard.'
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