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UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham

Alexis McGill Johnson on the “Dire” Landscape for Abortion Rights

UNDISTRACTED With Brittany Packnett Cunningham

The Meteor, Collective Media

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Headlines are already calling 2021 “the year of anti-abortion legislation.” State lawmakers have so far introduced more than 500 bills restricting the procedure. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham speaks to Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, who says “abortion access is hanging on by a thread.” Plus, Brittany brings you the latest Untrending news. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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y st or download the list app on the app store today. Hey all it's Brittany. This has been a rough week. The trial of Derek Chauvin for the

1:00.1

murder of George Floyd has brought up every single emotion I got. I know that's

1:06.2

happening to my husband. It's happening to like every black person I know. In times

1:11.2

like this it's it's honestly really strange to be a black activist on TV and in the media.

1:19.0

You know my job is to educate and activate folks and I am extremely dedicated to doing that as

1:26.2

responsibly as I can. That doesn't mean it doesn't take a personal toll. Like I

1:32.3

sucked back tears just last month

1:36.4

when I was on TV to talk about the one year anniversary

1:40.0

of the murder of Brianna Taylor.

1:42.4

And being on TV this week is a bit no different.

1:45.0

Once again I had to push down my rage and my pain and my grief to get the job done.

1:53.7

Y'all ultimately I believe that freedom is possible,

1:59.5

that it will happen, but that doesn't mean I don't get tired.

2:03.0

I'm very tired of the lather-rince repeat cycle of police violence.

2:10.0

I'm tired of our trauma having to be dragged across every screen in our homes just for somebody

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