How the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade will alter the lives of women of color

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Npr, Daily, Talk Show

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Unlike when Roe was first decided in the 1970s, women needing abortions now are more likely to be women of color who are already mothers. How will losing access to abortions alter their lives? Kwajelyn Jackson, Fatima Goss Graves and Janai Nelson join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:20.2	I'm Megna Chacrabardi.
0:21.5	I felt like death.
0:23.0	And I remember actually praying one time
0:25.1	that if I was able to go to sleep,
0:26.6	but I wouldn't wake up again.
0:28.4	Yeah.
0:29.7	This is Niaisha.
0:31.5	She and her husband live in Georgia.
0:33.7	So about two years ago, my daughter was a year old
0:37.8	when my husband and I found out that I was pregnant again.
0:41.3	And we were both excited and we wanted to have another child,
0:44.5	but I was sick.
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