In this documentary episode, we take a deep dive into how communities are responding to the growing abortion access crisis in the United States, sharing the stories of those impacted and highlighting a number of radical grassroots, mutual aid, and solidaristic efforts aimed at helping people access abortion in the places where it's currently outlawed or restricted.

Abortion access has always been limited here in the United States, but since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June of 2022 and the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, things have gotten dramatically worse.

In the face of trigger laws banning and criminalizing abortion in many states — as well as state-sanctioned harassment and targeted campaigns against people seeking abortions — the centuries-old movement for reproductive rights and justice has only grown and strengthened.

This is a special re-release of this episode for International Women's Day. The episode was originally published as two separate parts but we have combined those two parts into one continuous episode.

Episode credits:

• Series producer and writer: Robert Raymond
• Host and executive producer: Tom Llewellyn
• Theme Music: "Meet you on the other side" by Cultivate Beats
• Additional music: Chris Zabriskie, Do Make Say Think, and Pele
• Original artwork was created by Bethan Mure

This series features:

• Julie Amaon: Family medicine physician and the medical director for Just the Pill
• Jenice Fountain: Executive Director of Yellowhammer Fund
• Gulf South Plan B: Mutual Aid organization that distributes free emergency contraception in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi
• Angel Jones: Recipient of medical abortion pills
• Laurie Roberts: Executive Director of Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund