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