Hi, this is Sydney.

I just wanted to let you know before we got started

with this episode that, as you can probably tell from the title,

this is one of our heavier episodes.

We do cover a lot of material that is more emotional, perhaps,

for some listeners, and certainly is for myself

as you will understand as you listen to the episode.

So if you are not currently in a headspace

where you want to engage with that kind of material,

this may not be the episode for you right now.

While I do believe it is incredibly important

that we all be aware and tuned in to this issue.

We're not always in that space to think about it right away.

So I wanted to make you aware of that before we get started.

And secondly, I wanted to make you aware of the fact

that this is by no means a complete history of abortion

that would take many, many episodes

and also would involve a lot of issues in which I'm not an expert

and would be beyond the scope of what I can address

with expertise on this show.

So obviously there are many things that I am not able

to cover or talk about, many modern issues, medications,

...