795: Nine Months Later

This American Life

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🗓️ 9 April 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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It’s been nine months since Roe v. Wade was overturned. We talk to people who wanted abortions right when the laws were changing in their states. They had to wait for appointments, for money to travel or abortion pills. And during that waiting, a lot of interesting things happened. We see how much life has changed, nine months later.

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0:00.0	That happened nine months ago in Georgia.
0:03.9	I was at work and I ate a Reese's cup, which is what I usually eat.
0:10.2	And I don't know, I just felt really sick immediately.
0:13.5	Taylor was pretty sure.
0:15.2	Not totally sure, but pretty sure.
0:17.5	It was the same with Kay, I don't know.
0:20.1	Hi-o.
0:21.1	She's suspected, but it was confusing.
0:23.5	Yeah.
0:24.5	Yeah, I had COVID at the same time.
0:26.8	So I was just kind of like, is it COVID?
0:28.3	Is it not?
0:29.4	I had like a little bit of nausea, but honestly, I just kind of chalked it up to not really
0:34.7	like feeling the best.
0:36.7	Ashley in Texas, she was not just too.
0:39.7	But her kids had a stomach bug.
0:41.8	And so I had been feeling sick, but then everyone else felt better.
0:46.9	And come the morning of 4th of July, like I just threw up so hard.
0:51.4	I mean, I don't know if this is kind of like too much information, but I wasn't
0:54.9	teasing out my food from last night.
0:56.4	I didn't have panic poisoning.
0:57.5	I was dry heaving.
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