Coming soon … Abortion: The Body Politic

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

News, Health, Society & Culture, Commentary, Documentary,, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Forty-nine years ago, the landmark Roe v Wade decision guaranteed women the right to a safe, legal abortion. This June, the Supreme Court is expected to gut that historic ruling, triggering restrictive abortion laws in at least 23 states. While the United States is on the precipice of stepping back this women's health right, the rest of the world has seen a trend of liberalizing abortion laws over the past 25 years. In this limited, narrative series from Next Question with Katie Couric, we explore the history — and future — of abortion in this country. In this 6-episode series, Katie takes listeners inside abortion clinics, front row at an abortion comedy show, and shares intimate, first-person experiences of people — from the illegal period to now — who have had abortions and the stories of those who have cared for them. There's never been a more urgent time to understand how we got here and how reproductive rights can apply to everyone.

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0:00.0	I consider my abortion the greatest act of sub-love that I did.
0:05.0	I chose my life.
0:07.0	Women have been trying to end successfully ending pregnancies that they didn't want since time immemorial.
0:17.0	We are here at the last standing abortion clinic in the entire state of Missouri.
0:23.0	What has been like for the people working here? What has been like for the people coming here?
0:28.0	That's what we're here to find out.
0:32.0	There's 12 recovery chairs in this area and there was a time where it was packed and we were super busy and we would see 50 patients in a day.
0:41.0	But because of the restrictions, it just is not worth it for patients to jump through this many hoops.
0:47.0	I have all these activist friends in St. Louis that are in Missouri that are panicking about, you know, the Roe v. Wade news in Texas and Oklahoma and whatever.
0:55.0	And I'm like, guys, we're ahead of them.
0:58.0	This is already happened here. They just don't know that. They don't understand. But this has been going on since late 2019.
1:07.0	Hi, everyone. I'm Kitty Karek. As you probably know, the Supreme Court is poised to strike down its landmark 1973 decision Roe v. Wade.
1:18.0	It's an historic moment, but the story of abortion has always been a complicated one.
1:25.0	And even Roe never met that it was available to everyone.
1:30.0	There's never been a more urgent time to dive into this issue.
1:35.0	Reproductive politics refers to issues of power. The pro-choice framework assumes that you have choice.
1:43.0	Abortion is an issue that touches on our fundamental ideas about who we are as human beings, about human life and about human rights.
1:55.0	Coming this June from Kitty Karek Media and I Heart Media is abortion, the Body Politics, an in-depth six-part series on the history and future of abortion access.
2:07.0	Wow, like I love telling my abortion story, actually.
2:10.0	All I could think when I called Planned Parenthood was I will not die because of this pregnancy.
2:17.0	It may mean resent myself because of all of the obstacles that I had to face just to access it.
2:22.0	Join me on this journey to understand how we got here and how we can ensure that reproductive rights apply to everyone.
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