It's been nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade and

eliminated the federal right to abortion. The reversal marked the start of a new

era in the US as some states rushed to prohibit abortion, but the new laws didn't just

affect those states that implemented them.

Shefali Luthra is a health reporter at the 19th news. She has spent the last two years traveling the country speaking to people

from very different backgrounds about how their lives have been upended by the court's decision.

Her book, Undue Burden, Life and Death Decisions in Post Row America is out on Tuesday.

Shifalli, thanks for being here.

Thanks so much for having me.

Many of the abortion stories highlighted since Row fell have been some of the scariest.

One's about people who would die if they didn't get an abortion.

And you say in this book that it's your attempt to correct that narrative that people get abortions for all

kinds of different reasons and that those stories equally deserve to be told.

What are some of those stories in the states that have either banned or severely

restricted abortion?

The most common reason people get abortions is simply they can't afford to have another

kid. Very often people who get abortions are already parents.

They know intimately how much it costs,

the emotional, the physical, all of the energy it takes to raise a child.

They are often in their 20s. They are often women of color. It is

women of all ages, people of all gender identities, trans people as well, and they have all sorts

of reasons for not wanting to be pregnant.

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