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Season Three continues with new episodes next week. In the meantime, let us know what you think about Parts One and Two. Head to our IG @natalstories, or email us [email protected].

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We pass the microphone to physician-activist Dr. Jamila Perritt and movement lawyer Yveka Pierre for a dialogue spanning the post-Dobbs criminalization of abortion patients and providers, period tracking apps and digital footprint protections and new imaginings of privacy and care.

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Learn more about Dr. Jamila Perritt

Learn more Yveka Pierre 

Special thanks to Arneta Rogers at the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice.

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In our season premiere, we pass the microphone to two prolific reproductive justice organizers, Marie Leaner and Kwajelyn Jackson. With more than a combined 70+ years of fighting for abortion access, the pair sit down for lively conversation unpacking the rich legacy of Black women organizing for reproductive freedom before, during and beyond Roe.

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Learn more about Marie Leaner

Learn more about Kwajelyn Jackson

Watch: The Janes (HBO) 

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This conversation was co-published and supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

We head home for a final good-bye to hear how Anasia, Ciara, Erick, Shayla and more are building new legacies exactly where they are.

Featured guests: Crystal Starr Flowers, Katy Kozhamminil, PhD, DaLyah Jones and Tanya Smith-Johnson

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Alabama Birth Collective founding member, Nadia Gramby, on the sisterhood of birthwork.

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The parents adjust to life postpartum and the powerful transformations they've undergone.

Guest featured this episode: Crystal Starr Flowers

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The babies are coming. 

For more on birth plans, listen to our NPR Life Kit episode.

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From the physical to the emotional, all four parents navigate the highs and lows of pregnancy – and for some, even during a pandemic. 

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Alabama Birth Collective founder Jasmine Merritt on answering the call to serve.

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