Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 6
Next Question with Katie Couric
Katie Couric Media
4.4 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Abortion: The Body Politic started on the ground, visiting two abortion clinics 15 minutes away from each other in two very different states: Missouri and Illinois. On this last episode, we check back in with someone who works in those two clinics to understand the immediate impact the Supreme Court decision had on their patients. Then we consider, what now? Katie interviews Rep. Jayapal (D-WA) who has been a legislative leader in the fight for reproductive rights to understand what lawmakers can do to protect abortion now and in the future. Finally, we hear from a new generation of activists, actors (like Busy Phlipps), musicians (like MILCK and Amanda Shires), and TikTokers about how they are using their platforms, social media and art to not only normalize abortion but also share information (when that information could be criminalized), and, perhaps, change hearts and mind one person at a time.
More information on this episode’s guests and resources:
- Planned Parenthood
- National Advocates for Pregnant Women
- ReproAction
- Rep. Pramila Jayapal
- Paula Ávila-Guillén
- Gen-Z For Change
- @OliviaJulianna
- Busy Philipps
- MILCK
- Whole Woman’s Health
Action items:
- How to find, contact, and donate to your local abortion fund
- Learn about abortion laws in your state
- How to get abortion pills in any state
- How to share your abortion story [Also, We Testfy]
- Support reproductive justice organizations, like Sister Song and Latina Institute for Reproductive Rights
- Follow all the organizations and people featured in this podcast!
Books and more:
- Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think), by Reshma Saujani
- It’s time for Republican women to speak up for reproductive rights, by Kathryn Kaufman, The Washington Post
- This Will Only Hurt A Little, by Busy Philipps
- Amanda Shires demands more artists stand up for abortion rights, Rolling Stone
- Take It Like A Man, by Amanda Shires
- We Won’t Go Back, by MILCK, BIIANCO, & Autumn Roe (feat. Ani DiFranco)
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| 1:11.1 | I'm Kitty Curric and this is abortion, the body politic, Part 6. |
| 1:17.1 | We started this series by visiting the last abortion clinic in Missouri. |
| 1:22.1 | That was when Roe was still intact. |
| 1:25.1 | But even then, Missouri had some of the most restrictive laws in the country. |
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