Good evening, everybody. How are you all doing? I say that with a little bit of a somber voice because,

well, there's a lot going on. And I appreciate that it's hard for us to maybe tap into the positives.

And we're going to open the show or spend a lot of time talking about a topic I thought I'd never have to.

And it's coming out of a bunch of different research I was looking at about, um, you know, with abortions being a crime in several states, how do we really protect ourselves,

um, and our data and our privacy and boundaries and making sure that some of this information

isn't put in the wrong hands, uh, because they're talking about laws where someone can turn you in

for having gotten an abortion.

So, you know, why does this make sense on Loveline?

Because it's a mental health issue.

You know, our sense of safety, our sense of body autonomy, all powerfully connected.

Any form of oppression or violence is a mental health issue.

And it's important that we talk about this.

I never thought I'd have to. It's very heartbreaking. So before we get into that, I do want to acknowledge that, you know, I'm

never a fan of denying feelings or illegitimizing them. Mental health is feeling all of our

feelings, feeling a full range of feelings and feeling all of them deeply. I do want to remind us that

it is important that we do tap into and carve out

time and space for joy, that there is joy occurring while all these other things are happening

and we can hold space for both. In fact, it's mandatory we hold space for both. I want people that

are trying to be ignorant or in denial of what's happening to lean into what's happening and to feel the

fear and anxiety of what's going on around us. That is what motivates us to create change.

So I want people to have a foot in both worlds. Please get your head out of the sand and be aware

of what's happening. But then at the same time, like I said, I want us to hold space for some

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