Beyond the A Word: Reproductive Life Stories

Episode 11, Alex, Rachna, and Kelley share how abortion—and even the act of talking openly about it—can transform relationships and bring clarity about what people need for themselves and their families. From the perspective of a provider, a patient, and people navigating their own reproductive decisions, these stories reveal how abortion can spark connection, understanding, and collective care within our communities.

In this episode, three storytellers, an anonymous abortion provider, Alexia, and special guest Madam Gandhi, share their stories about what it means to care for one another—and how those acts of care can transform our relationships with our bodies, our communities, and our freedom.

Episode 9: "Abortion is Liberating" Samantha, Jessica and Tashi share their journey through foster care, rushed adulthood, harmful relationships, and the weight of religious trauma—into moments of pregnancy, abortion, and serious health challenges that raise impossible questions like, "Is this punishment for getting an abortion?" We also make space for the parts that keep people alive: music, drums, singing, and the resilience that can emerge even after profound family trauma.

Episode 8, I Always Knew Abortion Was an Option: Four storytellers Daniel, Anuj, Minouche and Abby share intimate stories about belonging and how their life's purpose and identity were shaped by the right to abortion.

The personal is political – three storytellers share their abortion stories. From personal to political, their journey to release their internal abortion stigma puts them on a path to self-love, that allows them to step into their power as advocates and activists.

The Radical Agency of Babies and Mothers – two storytellers share two epic birth journeys. Two reluctant protagonists on the verge of transformation. On this journey from pregnant woman to mother, and fetus to living breathing baby, the universe calls them in, and demands they take ownership of their very existence.

Three storytellers delve into why they provide care to pregnant people, how they prepared for this work, and the parts they never knew to prepare for.