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I love to tell the story of a couple who came in to see me and they were so loving to one another.

And the wife had gone through a very difficult pregnancy,

and then ended up with a C-section after 30-something hours of labor. And her husband just lies back

with his hands behind his head for his vasectomy. The vasectomy is done. He's like, oh, that's it. It's over.

I didn't even feel

anything. And this loving wife leans over and punched him really hard in the arm and said,

you could have felt one fraction of one contraction. This was your turn. Welcome to how to. I'm

Carvel Wallace. So if you're a U.S. listener, I'm sure you, like the rest of us, have been processing the election for the past few days. And there is always some uncertainty in this interim period when we've elected the new administration, but they haven't yet fully assumed power. But this latest

transition in the U.S. is putting question marks on all kinds of things, including reproductive

rights and contraception. Now, the U.S. already saw the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022,

which guaranteed access to abortion care. Now care is up to each state.

And some states upheld it last week, but 17 states still ban abortion either at all stages

or after only six weeks. Abortion bans make it harder to get many different kinds of pregnancy care.

And I don't need to tell most of you that the ability to become pregnant can pose inherent risks.

So without access to care, those risks become even more pronounced.

It's a heavy burden for women and people with uteruses to bear. And none of that is new.

That has been dominating our national conversation for years. But today, we wanted to look at this

topic from a different angle. There is no reason that the burden of contraception and pregnancy

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