tarra says that the recent dialogue around black live's matter, after police killings like alton sterling in louisiana and george floyd on a national scale have only helped her get through to people. You know, there's been so much conversation out there about celebrating and protecting black lives, and, you know, black lives matter until we're having a conversation about in the womb. So the reality of it is, do black lives really matter?
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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