Lekisha Lacitia is the co executive director of lift louisiana, one of the state's most prominent reproductive health organizations. The organization lobbies and fund raising for abortion access across the state. In 19 92, i never gave consent to be part of an experiment about birth control, right? But also, i deserved birth control access. Those are the two truths that exist in my life. Lekisha helped lita sit in inside the capital building in baton rouge. We knew what was coming. We knew it ye.
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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