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Capítulo 112: Reproductive Freedom with Amanda Matos · Locatora Radio [A Radiophonic Novela]

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  Speaker 1: of the amazing work she has done over the years.
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  Speaker 1: So Amanda Mathos brings over a decade of experience in
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  Speaker 1: public affairs and social movements to the current movement for
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  Speaker 1: reproductive freedom. As Senior Director of Constituency Campaigns at Planned
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  Speaker 1: Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Amanda
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  Speaker 1: manages three national advocacy programs centering Black and Latin X communities.
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  Speaker 1: Her commitment to social change stems from her childhood growing
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  Speaker 1: under thirty Law and Policy Awardees. So I mean, come on, amazing, phenomenal,
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  Speaker 1: and so we are going to get into the current updates,
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  Speaker 1: the current landscape of reproductive justice and freedom in this country,
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  Speaker 1: and also ways that we can get involved. So we're
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  Speaker 1: in this country. So, Amanda, welcome, Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for having me. It's so good to be on the show.
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  Speaker 1: I have been a fan. I'm not gonna lie. Um,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm happy to finally meet you and be part
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  Speaker 1: of the listening community. Just to briefly introduce myself for
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  Speaker 1: everyone to know, my name again is Amanda Matos. My
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  Speaker 1: mom heard me not using my middle name. That would
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  Speaker 1: be a thing um. And my pronouns are she, hurt
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  Speaker 1: and aa and I am thrilled to be part of
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  Speaker 1: the Planned Parenthood community. As I have to wrap it,
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  Speaker 1: I'm proud to be a New Yorreegan from the Bronx,
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  Speaker 1: New York and that's where I am right now. So, Amanda,
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  Speaker 1: we are especially excited to talk to you today because
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot going on in this country with regards
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  Speaker 1: to abortion access and reproductive justice. A recent Advice article
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  Speaker 1: said that toe is literally the worst year for abortion
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  Speaker 1: access in a decade. Can you tell us a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about the circumstances that have led to this really
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  Speaker 1: dire situation? Absolutely, And I mean we say nearly every
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  Speaker 1: year that this year is unprecedented, and I don't mean
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  Speaker 1: to go to a cliche, but has been unprecedented. Not
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  Speaker 1: only are we living through a global pandemic, we're also
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  Speaker 1: just at cleaning up with the previous administration has done
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to people's access to abortion and reproductive right.
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  Speaker 1: It's so not only are we grappling with the pandemic
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  Speaker 1: and the previous administration we're also feeling with has provided us,
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  Speaker 1: which includes a Supreme Court case that is directly threatening
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  Speaker 1: Roll versus Weight, and nearly six hundreds abortion restrictions have
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  Speaker 1: been introduced at state legislatures across the country, and about
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  Speaker 1: ninety of these restrictions have already been passed and we're
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  Speaker 1: not even halfway through the year, or maybe just about
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  Speaker 1: halfway through the year. Yeah, I mean I hear you
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  Speaker 1: on that. It's truly alarming that Roll versus Wade is
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  Speaker 1: under attack once again. I feel like they're in the
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  Speaker 1: last a couple of years. Definitely. I think resonates what
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  Speaker 1: you're saying about the federal administration that we did have.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like there's new abortion policies that are trying
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  Speaker 1: to be passed, asked um, and so I think for
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  Speaker 1: for our listeners, like, what is the immediate urgent thing
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  Speaker 1: that someone can do, um that cares about abortion access
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  Speaker 1: and reproductive healthcare? O, great question. So the first thing
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  Speaker 1: any person can do is really stay up to date
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  Speaker 1: on what's happening. So, just to give even more context
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  Speaker 1: as to what I was talking about with the Supreme Court,
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  Speaker 1: just recently in May, the Supreme Court announced that it
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  Speaker 1: was going to hear of Mississippi's fifteen week abortion ban,
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  Speaker 1: which is a direct, completely direct threat to Roll versus Ways.
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  Speaker 1: So this case was brought on by the Center for
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  Speaker 1: Reproductive Rights on behalf of Jackson Women's Health Organization and
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  Speaker 1: naming these names because for folks that don't know, Jackson
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  Speaker 1: Women's Health Organization is the last abortion provider in the
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  Speaker 1: entire state of Mississippi. I'm gonna repeat that that Jackson
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  Speaker 1: Women's Health Organization is the last abortion provider in the
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  Speaker 1: entire state of Mississippi. So not only is the Supreme
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  Speaker 1: Court case that will be heard later this year a
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  Speaker 1: direct threat to row versus played as a direct threat
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  Speaker 1: to real people's lives that are already facing a barrier
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  Speaker 1: to accessing abortion care. So what can people do? There's
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  Speaker 1: one piece of continuing following Planned Parenthood and organizations like
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  Speaker 1: the Center for Reproductive Rights and being a supporter of
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  Speaker 1: Jackson Women's Health Organization. And then there's the next step
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  Speaker 1: really that's tied towards looking at your own community, where
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  Speaker 1: they're independent abortion providers, plan parenthood, health centers and abortion
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  Speaker 1: funds that all work together in a larger ecosystem to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that every person, no matter their gender, their age,
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  Speaker 1: their immigration status, their zip code, their healthcare coverage, can
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  Speaker 1: still access a abortion, can access essential healthcare, can access
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  Speaker 1: all forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare. Thank you so
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  Speaker 1: much for adding that. Before I passed it to Mala,
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  Speaker 1: I did wanna, um, add to what you were saying
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  Speaker 1: about looking at your local abortion funds, I know that
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  Speaker 1: there's also calls to actions to help people like to
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  Speaker 1: their appointments, like literally drive them to their appointments and
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  Speaker 1: walk with them to their appointments, because sometimes it's a
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  Speaker 1: very hostile environment just to get inside of a clinic. Um.
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  Speaker 1: So I did want to plant that as well too.
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  Speaker 1: If that's something that someone is interested in doing it
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  Speaker 1: and being an ally in that way, um, that that's
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  Speaker 1: that could be available to them as well. Absolutely, and
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  Speaker 1: even just to name across the country, our planned parent
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  Speaker 1: and health centers have health center escort programs where volunteers
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  Speaker 1: can medicate their Saturday morning so Sunday morning, depends the state,
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  Speaker 1: depends the locality to be that escort outside of the
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  Speaker 1: center when patients are seeking healthcare and have to cross protesters.
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  Speaker 1: And so we are always seeking volunteers to be that
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  Speaker 1: welcoming presence to make sure that every patient can cross
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  Speaker 1: the doors to get the health care that they deserve.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's important to point out to write
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  Speaker 1: like there are protesters who are acting as barriers to
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  Speaker 1: people accessing healthcare, regardless of the specific procedure for the
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  Speaker 1: reason for having it. This is healthcare. So it's wild
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  Speaker 1: and so unethical that folks would have to even think
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  Speaker 1: about how am I going to get through this wall
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  Speaker 1: of protesters attempting to intimidate me and stop me from
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  Speaker 1: getting the care that I need. That is wild. I'm
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  Speaker 1: wondering too, if on the planned parenthood side of things,
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  Speaker 1: because you all are not the only abortion providers out there,
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  Speaker 1: and abortion is not the only service that you provide,
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  Speaker 1: But on your end, have you seen like an uptick
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  Speaker 1: in aggression in from these kinds of protesters? Are they're
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  Speaker 1: more protesters? I'm just wondering, is the climate has gotten,
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  Speaker 1: Is that it's gotten how that's sort of reflected on
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  Speaker 1: the ground. Yeah. What I will share is the impact
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  Speaker 1: of misinformation and disinformation that we're seeing all across social
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  Speaker 1: media and news outlets is unveiling this more than anything.
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  Speaker 1: I When we look at the challenges that our patients
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  Speaker 1: are facing when it comes to accessing healthcare and the
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  Speaker 1: lives that are out there, and the fact that there's
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  Speaker 1: some politicians that are dedicating their lives to ending abortion,
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  Speaker 1: it's just amplified right now. And I think our ecosystem
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  Speaker 1: and the way we share information is making it too
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  Speaker 1: easy for people to share information that's false. There's so
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  Speaker 1: much out there that's not even backed by science, and
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  Speaker 1: that's impacting the violence and the aggression and intimidation that
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  Speaker 1: patients are facing when they're seeking healthcare services, when people
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  Speaker 1: are providing health care services to patients that need their care.
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  Speaker 1: I'm wondering too, our listeners at home might have heard
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  Speaker 1: a statistic that you shared, or a number that you
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  Speaker 1: shared earlier, that there have been what was it, six
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  Speaker 1: hundred nearly six hunbortions, nearly six hundred abortion bands at
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  Speaker 1: the at the federal level level at the state level,
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  Speaker 1: So the folks at home might be wondering, how does
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  Speaker 1: that work. Does this mean like there are abortion bands
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  Speaker 1: in every county in every state or are there a
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  Speaker 1: lot of them in particular states? How is that sort
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  Speaker 1: of playing that question? Um So, to clarify myself, it's
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  Speaker 1: nearly six hundred abortion restrictions path at different state legislatures,
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  Speaker 1: so about ninety of them have actually been passed. The
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  Speaker 1: rest are are still at that state level in the government.
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  Speaker 1: So to put it in practice, actually use Texas as
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  Speaker 1: an example. Um So, in May Texas passed I am
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  Speaker 1: not even kidding you, literally one of the harshest, most
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  Speaker 1: extreme abortion bands that we've seen in this country. And
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  Speaker 1: so the law itself bans abortion at approximately six weeks.
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  Speaker 1: And so for listeners that might not know this is
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  Speaker 1: that six weeks is actually before most people even know
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  Speaker 1: that they're pregnant. And this law also has no exceptions
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  Speaker 1: for incest or rape. So what happens is that this
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  Speaker 1: law will actually go into effect September one, and it
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  Speaker 1: allows people to act as what we are calling bounty
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  Speaker 1: hunters because essentially any person can sue a doctor, health centers,
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  Speaker 1: even uber drivers, basically anybody who helps a person access
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  Speaker 1: abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, and that person couldn't
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  Speaker 1: collect at least ten thousand dollars for each abortion. So
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  Speaker 1: it means, again and repeat this, anyone could fly a
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  Speaker 1: lawsuit against a person who helps somebody get an abortion.
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  Speaker 1: So think about the people in your own lives, the
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  Speaker 1: fact that one in four women in their lifetime will
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  Speaker 1: actually have had an abortion in this country, and all
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  Speaker 1: the people in that person's life that has helped them
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  Speaker 1: through that moment. Again, that can include a partner, of friends,
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  Speaker 1: an educator, a pastor, your uber driver that is taking
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  Speaker 1: you to your appointment. It can include all of those
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  Speaker 1: people in your lives. And this is to intimidate people.
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  Speaker 1: This type of law was designed to intimidate doctors an
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  Speaker 1: abortion Fund advocates from actually providing essential healthcare to the
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  Speaker 1: people of Texas and across the country. That is wild
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  Speaker 1: because just as you said, I can already think of
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  Speaker 1: five people that helped me when I accid that same
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  Speaker 1: health care service for myself in my early plenties. And
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  Speaker 1: so that is unreal, unbelievable. Um, And you know, I think, um,
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  Speaker 1: I think we can kind of if you say, together
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  Speaker 1: and figure it out, But I want to formally ask you, like,
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  Speaker 1: how does this how do these policies in particular disproportionate
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  Speaker 1: in fact the Latin X and Black community. Oh yeah, So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, let's start off with the basics of patriarchy,
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  Speaker 1: medical racism, and income inting quality. Like pause, there's that. So,
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  Speaker 1: not only have communities of color in this country, black
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  Speaker 1: and lat The next folks, indigenous folks, folks that are
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  Speaker 1: API and are immigrants. Not only are they living in
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  Speaker 1: a place that has dealt with systems and years of
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  Speaker 1: oppression there's this piece that's being exacerbated. It's this barrier
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  Speaker 1: to help care, this barrier to abortion access in suction
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  Speaker 1: reproductive health care. So that's already baseline. And so to
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  Speaker 1: give even more context about how for the state of
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  Speaker 1: Texas that the next folks and immigrants, particularly in South
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  Speaker 1: Texas are going to face the runts of this restriction.
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  Speaker 1: So Texas already has a lot and it's twenty four
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  Speaker 1: our mandatory waiting period. From the moment a person decides
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  Speaker 1: to make that decision for themselves to have an abortion,
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  Speaker 1: they must wait at least twenty four hours before getting
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  Speaker 1: the procedure done. So that means that a person might
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  Speaker 1: have to travel to the nearest abortion provider, which is
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  Speaker 1: not near. If Texas then implements this law and people
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  Speaker 1: are not providing abortions at six weeks, that means people
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  Speaker 1: have to leave the state. As I'm sure many of
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  Speaker 1: our listeners know, is that, especially in South Texas, there
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  Speaker 1: is a hundred mile border and they're in state border patrol.
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  Speaker 1: So not only are folks facing barriers to accessing healthcare
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  Speaker 1: because they have to drive, or have an ubrow or
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  Speaker 1: take a bus. A lot of folks in our communities
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  Speaker 1: are risking deportation if they are undocumented and need to
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  Speaker 1: seek this healthcare. And we know that this is going
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  Speaker 1: to happen. And so that's just one example in one
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  Speaker 1: area of this country of how these restrictions and bands
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  Speaker 1: are impacting our communities. And we can be here for
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  Speaker 1: hours and days talking about every single community across this
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  Speaker 1: country and how this will impact them. It's very dire
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  Speaker 1: the situation, and it really does sound like an episode
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  Speaker 1: of The Handmaid's Tale. But I think what so many
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  Speaker 1: folks miss about The Handmaid's Tale is, well, no, it's
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  Speaker 1: not that we're at risk of evolving into that. It's
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  Speaker 1: that that show is based on real life in many ways,
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  Speaker 1: and the history of not only like slavery in the
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  Speaker 1: United States and the way enslaved black people were treated,
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  Speaker 1: but the way that women in general, especially as you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned Native women, um, you know, immigrant women, so on
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  Speaker 1: and so forth. So it's just wild to be in
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  Speaker 1: this moment where we have this pandemic. Things feel very
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  Speaker 1: apocalyptic as it is. And then to add on the
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  Speaker 1: instate border patrol, the bounties, the web of people that
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  Speaker 1: can be criminalized for just trying to help you access
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  Speaker 1: health care like. It's all very unbelievable in a lot
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  Speaker 1: of ways. Yeah, and if it's okay with you, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think we talk and I'll speak for myself. I
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  Speaker 1: talk too much about what's on the line, of what's
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  Speaker 1: at risk and the impact of our communities and disparities.
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  Speaker 1: But if I can take a moment to actually show
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  Speaker 1: the agency of our LATINOX community and how strong and
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  Speaker 1: resilient and smart we are, can I do that? Can
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  Speaker 1: I pivot? All? Absolutely? We love that. Let's pivot. So
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to rag about the organizers I get to
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  Speaker 1: work with every single day in my job at Planned
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  Speaker 1: Parenthood Federation of America. So despite all these challenges impacting
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  Speaker 1: our day to day lives as young latin X leaders,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we have Planned Parenthood are part of a
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  Speaker 1: really robust, organized, same team, and so we have a
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  Speaker 1: few different programs that are national that work with our
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  Speaker 1: state partners. One includes our Latin X organizing program called FAYS,
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  Speaker 1: which needs Roots and that program started in two thousand
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  Speaker 1: fourteen in an effort to actually and roll Latin X
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  Speaker 1: communities into the affordable, into affordable healthcare into Obamacare way
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  Speaker 1: back when. And then that program evolved to a place
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  Speaker 1: that we are organizing in twenty states across the country,
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  Speaker 1: not just on enrolling Latin X folks into health care,
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  Speaker 1: but on public policies impacting immigration and economic justice. We're
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  Speaker 1: also providing mutual aid to our communities during the pandemic.
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  Speaker 1: We're thinking through how do we mobilize our farm work
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  Speaker 1: of communities, how do we celebrate ourselves and our loved
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  Speaker 1: ones and the sex positive We are doing the most
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  Speaker 1: every single day, and I think this is a testament
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  Speaker 1: to how we organize program Thankings exists because we know
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  Speaker 1: the importance of buying for that, it has to be
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  Speaker 1: our community leaders who know their community the best as
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  Speaker 1: the vehicles to create this change. And so our organizers
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  Speaker 1: every single day are innovative, are smart, are fighting these
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  Speaker 1: abortion restrictions, but are also pushing the envelope on how
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  Speaker 1: do we actually achieve justice for all of our communities.
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  Speaker 1: I love that you brought that up because I think
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  Speaker 1: it's really important to remind folks like you said that
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  Speaker 1: there's always a group of advocates, activists, organizers behind many causes,
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  Speaker 1: and it's not just the politicians and the folks at
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  Speaker 1: the state level. It's it's literally folks on the ground,
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  Speaker 1: and not just folks and organizations, but also folks and
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  Speaker 1: organizations too, right, So I'm really glad that you brought
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  Speaker 1: that up because I think it's it's good to also
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  Speaker 1: remind folks that there's hope and there's power in our
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  Speaker 1: agency as well. Um So, as a call to action,
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  Speaker 1: what are some ways that folks can leave this conversation
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  Speaker 1: and be more involved in the fight for access to
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  Speaker 1: reproductive healthcare? Absolutely so, first and foremost you Planned parenthood
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  Speaker 1: dot org to make sure you and your loved ones,
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  Speaker 1: if they need health services or they're seeking section reproductive
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  Speaker 1: healthcare information, can go to a trusted source. So Planned
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  Speaker 1: parenthood dot org we literally serve everyone because we believe
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  Speaker 1: every person should have access to affordable and compassionate healthcare.
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to getting more involved at a deeper level,
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  Speaker 1: also on the exact same website, Planned parenthood dot org,
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  Speaker 1: there are links to volunteer and get connected to your
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  Speaker 1: local Planned Parenthood affiliate, especially if you're interested in becoming
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  Speaker 1: a health center escort as mentioned, or to provide a
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  Speaker 1: more direct service support to your local Planned Parenthood as
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  Speaker 1: well as national opportunities. We also have a virtual volunteer
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  Speaker 1: program that folks across the country can get involved in
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  Speaker 1: some of our other organizing effort and of course if
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  Speaker 1: folks want to contribute to Planned parenthood dot org again,
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  Speaker 1: there are information about giving donations to Planned Parenthood as
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  Speaker 1: well as your local health center and as well as
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  Speaker 1: doing research on who your local abortion plunt might be.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great way to get involved at the hyperlocal
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  Speaker 1: level to make sure that abortion stays affordable, safe, and
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  Speaker 1: people for everyone. Amanda Matos of Planned Parenthood, thank you
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  Speaker 1: really appreciate the time and the conversation and all the
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