This week's episode was originally going to be about many things, but once we got started, we realized that there is one topic that we needed to talk about: abortion.

We discuss the implications of restrictive abortion laws, the personal nature of abortion decisions, and the importance of voting to influence reproductive rights. We cannot emphasize enough the need for equitable access to this very important type of healthcare.

Two notes:

1. If discussing abortion access is triggering to you because of the nature of your loss (i.e. TFMR), we welcome you to skip this one. It is all we talk about.

2. If you support limiting or eliminating access to abortion and would like to discuss this with us, we are open to that, but please use our Instagram DMs instead of a public comment. We do not want the folks in #1 to have any more exposure to these viewpoints than they already do.

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Previous episodes of As Long As I'm Living about abortion or TFMR:

- Abortion is Healthcare

- TFMR is Baby Loss, with Hadley's Mom Jill

- When "Choice" Doesn't Feel Like a Choice, an interview about TFMR with Adelyn's Mom Alyssa

- Maliyah's Story, as told by her mom, Emily

- When Your Pregnancy is Killing You, an interview about TFMR with Emily, Maliyah's Mom

Abortion Information and Resources:

- Guttmacher Institute

- CDC Abortion Findings and Reports

- AbortionFinder.org

- Center for Reproductive Rights

US Voting Resources:

- Vote.gov

- Vote.org

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As Long As I'm Living is a podcast about life, love, and laughter after infant loss. Judith and Alina are rebuilding Happier Ever After one day at a time despite excruciating grief and trauma and offering support to grievers of all flavors, but especially those who have lost a baby to SIDS, infant death, birth accidents, stillbirth, TFMR, ectopic pregnancy, or miscarriage.