Abortion Rights Explained with Melissa Grant
Sex, Body, and Soul
Kate Roberts
4.1 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Roe v. Wade is the case that legalized abortion in the United States in 1973. Safe, legal abortion was a federal constitutional right nationwide for nearly 50 years. But today's Supreme Court is dominated by justices who are hostile to abortion rights. With the recent ban on abortion rights in certain states in America and in many countries, it's a confusing time for us to really understand our rights and ho to get the care we need. On this show we talk with Melissa Grant, the Founder and CEO of Carfem, a telemedicine and network of health clinics offering safe medical abortion. We discuss everything one needs to know about abortion rights, where to get a safe abortion and exactly what is legal.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul. I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show, |
| 0:06.9 | we talk about the marvel that is our bodies, what they can do and what they need to thrive. |
| 0:13.0 | Ladies out there, our time is now. Let's get to it. Our next guest is Melissa Grant from the |
| 0:20.6 | organization Karafam. Now Melissa is founder and CEO of the |
| 0:25.1 | organization which specializes in the abortion pill and abortion procedures for early term |
| 0:30.6 | pregnancies. We are going to put the record straight somewhat on everything abortion related. |
| 0:36.6 | Answer those questions about the ban on |
| 0:40.4 | abortion in certain states. And we're going to look also at the solution of even if you have a ban |
| 0:46.3 | in your state, how you are able to get a safe abortion. Welcome to the show, Melissa Grant. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello, thank you for having me. Well, I'm thrilled to have you, Melissa, because, you know, we're in a little bit, we're having a little bit of a state |
| 1:02.3 | of affairs right now, aren't we? We sure are. And we're going to be talking all about access to |
| 1:09.1 | safe abortion, and you're the expert. So I'm thrilled to have you on the show. |
| 1:14.4 | I wish it was under better circumstances than we have right now. But let's start by a quick |
| 1:20.4 | introduction of you and the organization that you represent. Tell us all about CARFM. |
| 1:25.5 | Well, my name is Melissa Grant, and I founded a new |
| 1:28.9 | organization to provide women's health care in the U.S. in the year 2013, CARIFM. Carafem is a network |
| 1:35.7 | now of women's health centers. We provide abortion care, birth control, sexually transmitted |
| 1:40.2 | infection testing and treatment in four states across the U.S., and in 16 states, |
| 1:45.9 | we provide abortion care through telehealth, which means people can get medication abortion |
| 1:50.5 | and have it mailed to their home. Now, why did you start this organization? There were a couple |
| 1:55.6 | reasons. One, personally, I've been involved in providing women's health care for the majority of my |
| 2:01.2 | career. It's been over 32 years now. And it's been close to my heart that people should be |
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