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Dr. Willie Parker.

Welcome, Dr.

Before we get into really everything that's in the book,

just give somebody who has no clue.

What is it like for a woman who is trying to have an abortion

in the deep south, you know, places like Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi?

Okay.

If you're not familiar with all of the barriers that are in place,

the laws that have been put into place,

even though abortion remains legal based on the road decision,

there have been lots of hurdles placed in a path of women.

Things like waiting periods in Alabama and support eight hour waiting period,

once you decide to have an abortion in Louisiana 72 hours in Mississippi 24.

So there are long waiting periods, there are financial barriers.

Those are just the institutionalized things.

There's the stigma and the shame women are made to feel

that they're doing something immoral by choosing their lives

over the ambitions that other people have for them.

If someone were to counter and say,

why are you in such a hurry?

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