The Post-Roe Secret Women's Health Networks w/Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant , a tireless reporter and contributor to Teen Vogue, and author of Access: Inside the Abortion Underground and the Sixty-Year Battle for Reproductive Freedom discusses the increasingly dire landscape of reproductive rights following the Dobbs decision, which reversed Roe v. Wade. Highlighting the tragic case of a nurse named Adrena Smith in Georgia, Rebecca illustrates the severe consequences of abortion bans, including how they can strip families of critical medical choices. She notes rising anti-abortion violence, the attack on medication abortion, and the impact these restrictions have on maternal mortality rates, which have significantly worsened in states with strict abortion laws. Rebecca's new book sheds light on the ongoing fight for abortion access led by courageous activists both in the U.S. and globally, who operate within legal gray areas to ensure that people can access the care they need despite oppressive laws. This conversation underscores the broader, systemic misogyny that fuels abortion bans, positioning them as state-sanctioned gender-based violence that continues to marginalize and endanger women and other pregnant individuals.

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