Speaker 1: I consider my abortion the greatest act of self love
Speaker 1: that I did. I chose my life. Women have been
Speaker 1: trying to end as successfully ending pregnancies that they didn't
Speaker 1: want since time immemorial. We are here at the last
Speaker 1: standing abortion clinic in the entire state of Missouri. What
Speaker 1: has it been like for the people working here? What
Speaker 1: has been like for the people coming here? That's what
Speaker 1: we're here to find out. There's twelve twelve recovery chairs
Speaker 1: in this area, and there was a time where it
Speaker 1: was packed and we were super busy and we would
Speaker 1: see fifty patients in a day. But because of the restrictions,
Speaker 1: it just is not worth it for patients to jump
Speaker 1: through this many hoops. I have all these activist friends
Speaker 1: in St. Louis that are in Missouri that are panicking about,
Speaker 1: you know, the rovers is Wade news in Texas and
Speaker 1: Oklahoma and whatever, and I'm like, guys, we're ahead of them.
Speaker 1: It's like this is already up in here, Like they
Speaker 1: just don't know that, they don't understand, but this has
Speaker 1: been going on since late Hi. Everyone, I'm Katie Courrect.
Speaker 1: As you probably know, the Supreme Court is poised to
Speaker 1: strike down its landmark seventy three decision Row versus Wade.
Speaker 1: It's an historic moment, but the story of abortion has
Speaker 1: always been a complicated one, and even Row never met
Speaker 1: that it was available to everyone. There's never been a
Speaker 1: more urgent time to dive into this issue. Reproductive politics
Speaker 1: refers to issues of power. The pro choice framework assumed
Speaker 1: that you have choice. Abortion is an issue that touches
Speaker 1: on our fundamental ideas about who we are as human beings,
Speaker 1: about human life, and about human rights. Coming this June
Speaker 1: from Katie Correct Media and I Heart Media is Abortion
Speaker 1: The Body Politic, an in depth six part series on
Speaker 1: the history and future of abortion access. Wow like a
Speaker 1: loath telling my abortion story. Actually, all I could think
Speaker 1: when I called planned parenthood was I will not die
Speaker 1: because of this pregnancy. It made me resent myself because
Speaker 1: of all of the obstacles that I had to face
Speaker 1: just to access it. Join me on this journey to
Speaker 1: understand how we got here and how we can ensure
Speaker 1: that reproductive rights apply to everyone In areas like the
Speaker 1: South and Midwest, for people of color and for trans people,
Speaker 1: abortion has never been easy to access, even with Roby Wade.
Speaker 1: Rob Wade was never meant to be the endpoint of
Speaker 1: pro abortion legislation. It was meant to be the floor.
Speaker 1: You can find abortion the body politic right here on
Speaker 1: My Next Question Feed new episodes every Thursday.