Lecitia and tara's stories are similar. Both raised by single mams whom they loved and admired, both getting pregnant at 16. But how they deal with not having a choice hurls them inratical different directions. Tar's experience in the abortion clinic made her believe that abortion should never be an option. For lacitia, who didn't have that option, having a choice becomes most sacred. She learns this in high school as she becomes a girl walking down the hallways with a pregnant belly.
This episode contains strong language and descriptions of an abortion.
With the end of Roe v. Wade, Louisiana has become one of the most difficult places in the United States to get an abortion. The barriers are expected to disproportionately affect Black women, the largest group to get abortions in the state.
Today, we speak to Tara Wicker and Lakeesha Harris, two women in Louisiana whose lives led them to very different positions in the fight over abortion access.
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