This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce.

Thank you for joining us for Pantsew Politics.

Hello and welcome to another episode of Pantsew Politics. Today we're going to survey

our post-ROVY Wade reality. We're going to talk about what that looks like in individual

lives. We're going to talk about what that looks like when it comes to politics, including

discussing the ballot referendum in our home state of Kentucky with the campaign manager

Protect Kentucky Access Rachel Sweet. I'm going to continue that conversation at the

end of the show with Gabrielle Blair and talk to her about her 2018 viral Twitter thread,

which really flipped my thinking on unplanned pregnancy and I know I'm not alone. But first,

we wanted to make a note about language.

You will hear us use the words women and men a lot throughout this episode, especially

when we talk with Gabrielle Blair at the end because she really, I think, opens up a new

avenue for discussing abortion not just as a women's issue, but particularly as a men's

issue and shifting from abortion care to unplanned pregnancy in a way that I think is so helpful.

We do not intend in any way to disregard the experience of transgender people, of non-binary

people, of anyone who sits somewhere on the gender spectrum that they don't feel is captured

by the words women and men. We also are having a conversation fluidly and organically from

the lens of our own experience and thinking about sort of the average experiences that

are taking place across the country. So please know that everyone is welcome in this space

and cared about in this space and included in our thoughts as we move through it. And

we just will not have all of the language in every sentence to show that, but that is

certainly our intention throughout the episode.

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