To be of the American dream, we pray that this is upon an arching, losing a bed singing.

The total of the lemon-grimmin' who sacrificed their bodies.

We thank you, God, for their spirit and their strength.

In a park in Montgomery, Alabama, there are three statues dedicated to three black women,

a narkey, Lucy, and Betsy.

They are called the Mothers of Gynecology, and these beautiful intricate sculptures on

our almost a dozen enslaved black women who were tortured and experimented on in an

effort to advance the field of gynecology.

They were subjected to things like a hysterectomy without anesthesia.

And so for every person that has come to them, I'd be playing the great lessons upon their lives.

May their lives be transformed.

Never again was they huge this story and learn of their history, their connection.

This is sacred space.

We're standing on sacred ground.

A little over a month ago, healthcare reporter Akela Johnson heard about this grand opening

for the Mothers of Gynecology Monument Park.

And a little bell on my head and I thought, ding, ding, ding, ding, that sounds like a really good place

to talk to black women about their experiences with reproductive health.

Because that is ultimately kind of how stepping into this conversation about the Supreme Court decision

that could possibly overturn Roe v. Wade and the effect that that would have on black women's

reproductive health care and reproductive health.

Recently, Akela has had lots of conversations with black women about abortion.

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