Hey y'all, so I'm going to hold your hand when I say this.

Row was never enough.

We know that the precedent that made abortion access available across the country in theory

was holding the line for

50 some odd years. It was holding the line from the worst impacts of a lack of access to reproductive care, but it wasn't doing everything.

We know that the best defense is a strong offense and for far too many people,

especially across the deep south, especially for women of color,

immigrant women, disabled folks, queer people, access to abortion, and a full suite of reproductive care has

never been a fully accessible reality.

Every time we talk about reproductive justice on this podcast and that is often. We should always

remember that whether we're talking about abortion, clinics, miscarriages, maternal

mortality, then all of it comes down to a framework of reproductive justice.

That framework was given to us by black women and is about more than a single procedure

or even just the system of health care.

It is about ensuring that every single person

has the ability to decide if and when they have children,

how they raise them, and ensuring their ability to be able to raise them in safe and thriving environments where parent and child thrive together.

And in the same way that reproductive justice goes beyond abortion, the issue of

reproductive justice goes beyond this election. But here's the thing.

Elections are an opportunity to set the field of play.

They are a chance for us to operate strategically and choose our partners and be aware of

our opponents.

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