The Right to an Abortion Doesn't Actually Pay for An Abortion
In this solo episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy asks what it means to protect abortion rights on paper when people can't afford to use them in practice. Her theory: Funding is the first thing a coalition gives up, because funding for abortion can be capped and watered down in a way a constitutional amendment can't. Most states in the nonpartisan Reproductive Freedom Alliance coalition now cover abortion through Medicaid—but Michigan shows how fast that coverage gets negotiable when the votes are tight.
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