There's sort of this perception that women didn't have abortions in the past and that we were somehow better and more moral in the past.

And that could not be further from the truth.

Women have always controlled their fertility throughout the entire history of time.

And the United States and colonial America before that were no exception.

This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity.

It's a decision that she must make for herself.

From Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, dedicated women marched.

Abortion is fast becoming the new political fault line.

My body, my choice!

Alabama's governor has signed the nation's strictest abortion ban into law.

The Human Life Protection Act outlaws the procedure except when the mother's life is at risk.

This bill is not about pro-life or the right to life.

This bill is about control.

We will not go back.

And we, the people of the United States of America, documented or undocumented, are having abortions legal or not.

This court will never stop us.

I'm Jemia Wilson, writer, editor, and feminist activist.

And I'm Kate Kelly, human rights attorney and activist.

And this is ordinary equality.

This season, we're talking about abortion.

When it comes to most major social issues in the United States, we're moving in the direction

of progress.

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