Monica Simpson Ptpb Social 2

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00:00So when we think about even when Roe v. Wade was in place,

00:03access to abortion care in this country was out of reach

00:06for far too many people, right?

00:08And so now that we have Roe out of the picture,

00:11which we did not need it out of the picture,

00:12we needed it to stay in place,

00:14but we knew that we needed to expand it.

00:16We are now seeing that this is now creating

00:18an even deeper healthcare crisis in this country

00:22because this is now also affecting maternal healthcare,

00:24right?

00:25Because we also know the stats there

00:26that black women are dying at a rate four to five

00:29or 12 times higher than white people,

00:31white women rather, and white pregnant people in childbirth.

00:34And we know what that is linked to.

00:36We know what that's linked to racism.

00:37We know what that's linked to just not having proper access,

00:40but all of those things are coming into play now.

00:43And we are thinking about,

00:44now we're also seeing how this is connected

00:46to criminalization because people are scared

00:49around this country that they don't know

00:51exactly what's gonna happen.

00:52If they need to go to their healthcare provider,

00:54will this healthcare provider be targeted, right?

00:57Because they are trying to give them access to healthcare.

00:59Also in that debate, we heard a story, right?

01:02That came from vice president Harris

01:03because she has been on the road.

01:05She has talked to so many people,

01:07including organizations like mine,

01:09about what is happening around abortion in this country.

01:12And people are dealing with miscarriages

01:15and dealing with other healthcare issues

01:17that where they need access to care.

01:19And because of this deep criminalization issue

01:23that's also attached to abortion right now,

01:25we're now seeing that people are being scared there.

01:27So healthcare and this branch off

01:29that people have like overly politicized abortion access on

01:33is becoming a major contributing factor

01:36to how people are thinking about

01:37what they're gonna walk into

01:38when they walk into these polls.

01:40♪♪

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