Women Who Have Had Abortions Reflect on a World Without Roe

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4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The decision to terminate a pregnancy is rarely easy, and the reasons women choose abortions are varied. Some are already parents who don’t want another child. Some feel too young to become a parent. Some can’t bear to birth a child conceived in sexual violence. Some are afraid of the risks of pregnancy. And some, simply, don’t want to be pregnant. As Americans' nearly 50-year old constitutional right to an abortion approaches its probable end, we hear from women across the state who have chosen to terminate their pregnancies and what concerns them most about life in a post-Roe world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.2	As Americans continue to process both the profound implications of a world without Roe v. Wade,
1:07.3	and a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that's void of any meaningful discussion of what
1:12.0	the loss of the right to abortion means for women? We give the mic to those who've had abortions
1:17.1	to hear their experiences and what this moment means to them. And to you. If you want to share your
1:22.8	abortion story, email us at forum at kQED.org or give us a call at 866-733-6786. That's 866 733-6786. That's next after this news. This is Forum. I'm Marisa Lagos in for Mina Kim. The decision to terminate a pregnancy
1:51.2	is rarely easy and the reasons women choose abortions are varied. Some are parents who don't want
1:56.3	another child. Some feel too young to become a parent. Some can't bear to burr the child conceived in sexual
2:01.9	violence. Some are afraid of the risks of pregnancy and some simply don't want to be pregnant.
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