We are thrilled to welcome our first repeat guest back to Abortion Academy! Erika Christensen from Patient Forward and WhoNotWhen returns to take a deeper dive into abortion later in pregnancy. Abortion is on the ballot everywhere this election season, and understanding policy proposals can be confusing. We'll talk about ballot measures, how limited protections harm us, and how abortion bans work to punish pregnant people beyond abortion. She'll also dive into effective ways to talk about later abortion while centering core values, support, and destigmatization. You'll come away with a better understanding of why ALL abortion bans are not only unnecessary, but work directly against widespread abortion access.

Erika Christensen (she/her) is a later abortion patient advocate and co-director of Patient Forward. Patient Forward works to decriminalize pregnancy outcomes and ensure everyone has equitable access to abortion care—as early as possible and as late as necessary. For information and resources on later abortion and the insidious fuckery of abortion bans, please check out Patient Forward's educational project WhoNotWhen.com.