Louisiana has become one of the most difficult places in the country to get an abortion. The state is surrounded by other states also banning it. Those barriers are expected to disproportionately impact black women, the largest group to get abortions in the state. To day, my colleague, senior producer, lindsay garrison, has the story of two black women in louisiana and how their experience with unwonted pregnancies led them to opposite sides of the state's fight over abortion.
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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