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The Longest Shortest Time

The Scarlet A (UPDATE)

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Kids & Family, Sexuality, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Pratima Gupta is a mom with the rare job combo of both delivering babies and terminating pregnancies. And in the year since we last talked to her, her job description has gotten even more interesting! … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, so from time to time we like to check in with our favorite guests.

0:10.2

And since the November election, the topic of abortion has been in the news a lot.

0:14.3

So we thought that this would be a good time to check in with Pratima Gupta.

0:17.8

She's that OBGYN we talked to last year who also performs abortions.

0:22.7

So we called up Pratima and it turned out she had way more to say than we expected.

0:28.3

So here's what we're going to do.

0:29.3

I'll play you Pratima's original episode that aired last year February 2016.

0:34.3

And then once that's done, we've got a whole new chapter of Pratima's story.

0:39.2

Here we go.

0:40.0

I got an email from a listener recently.

0:44.5

My name is Pratima Gupta.

0:46.3

Pratima is an OBGYN in San Francisco.

0:49.6

I do everything from pap smears to delivering babies to providing abortions.

0:56.1

This woman, Pratima, she delivers babies and terminates pregnancies, which are two

1:01.8

things that may seem like complete opposites.

1:04.5

But the truth is they're part of one big continuum.

1:07.9

I can't tell you how often I'm talking to moms and while they're telling me about their

1:12.7

child, they also feel the need to tell me about an abortion that they had.

1:17.5

The termination and the birth are all part of the same story.

1:22.2

So it totally makes sense to have one doctor who does both.

1:26.0

But it turns out this job combination, it's really rare.

1:30.3

It's interesting how people just label you as the abortion doctor.

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