Plan C (94 min)
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PLAN C documents the work of determined women in the United States expanding access to medication abortion by any means necessary. The abortion pill is a combination of two medications, RU486 or “Mifepristone,” used in conjunction with Misoprostol, to safely and effectively end a pregnancy up to 12 weeks according to the World Health Organization. It has been approved by the FDA since 2000 and yet few Americans have heard of it.
Meet FRANCINE COEYTAUX. Francine has been working in public health for decades. She successfully fought for Plan B to be available over the counter. She explains that few people know about the abortion pill because access has been so severely, and unnecessarily, restricted. In 2014, Francine and her partners founded the organization they call Plan C, with the goal of spreading the word about this alternative to in-clinic abortion.
When the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision was leaked in May 2022, everyone planned for what now seemed inevitable: Roe would be overturned, and abortion would be outlawed in at least nineteen states. An anonymous distributor in the U.S. is enlisted to send pills to patients in red states. Pills were and continue to be shipped to states where telemedicine has become illegal, and abortion is criminalized. But Plan C’s message is that no matter where you live, you can still access pills by mail: either in a matter of days, or weeks, if ordering from overseas providers.
Distribution is risky business in the U.S: a direct action that may have dire consequences for those involved. The United States is more divided today than ever about many things, including abortion. As blue states work to protect and expand access, red state politicians work to criminalize it. What is the responsibility of those in blue states to support their red state neighbors – and what are the risks? Who gets criminalized and who stays safe? Who will support pregnant people and their providers despite the risk and who is left to fend for themselves? Who will die, and who will live, and who will choose?
The Hollywood Reporter
“Moving and urgent.”
The Daily Beast
“Plan C, the Powerful Film That Rallied Abortion Activists at Sundance.”
Flickering Myth
“At once a depressing portrait of modern America and a testament to the courage of abortion activists, Plan C is a vital, must-see documentary."
Unseen Films
“I was rocked and it will rock your world too. Destined to be talked about, argued about and litigated for years PLAN C is a must see especially if you have any women you love in your life.”
The Utah Review
“Amid fear and turbulence of dire threats to abortion, reproductive rights, PLAN C documentary is testament of hope, resilience...The profound sense of humanity permeating through the footage is gripping and heart touching but the advocates’ pragmatic and resolute mindset keeps PLAN C from descending into a sense of hopelessness and instead becomes a statement of resilience.”
Variety
"How ‘Plan C’ Director Tracy Droz Tragos Plans to Make Noise About Abortion Access at Sundance Film Festival"
Cosmopolitan
"This Documentary About the Fight for Abortion Information and Access Is One of the Best Movies of the Year"
Jezebel
"Plan C’ Documentarian Kept Her Cameras Rolling As Abortion Access Dried Up"
Citation
Main credits
Tragos, Tracy Droz (film director)
Tragos, Tracy Droz (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Derek Howard, Emily Topper; editor, Meredith Raithel Perry; music, Nathan Halpern.
Distributor subjects
Abortion Rights; Human Rights; Bodily Autonomy; Movement Building; Reproductive Rights; Freedom & Justice; Medical Freedom; State vs. Federal Law; Gender Affirming CareKeywords
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(footsteps thudding)
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(pills rattling)
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I like to try to invest in
as many pipelines as possible
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so that nobody is
all by themselves.
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We don't have yet a system
of getting a lot of product
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without worrying about
putting somebody at risk.
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That is the bottom line.
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Thank you for being in
the game. (laughing)
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(pensive music)
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The law hasn't been
helpful already.
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I'm not gonna be stopped
or hindered by the law
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one way or the other.
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(phone ringing)
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- There's a pill, is that-
- Yes.
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- [Caller] How does that work?
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- So you could use
medication abortion pills
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if you go on a website
called PlanCPills.org.
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- [Caller] I really,
really appreciate it.
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Thank you.
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- It's like we're
running a drug cartel
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in order to help people.
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(pensive music)
(timer clicking)
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- In a landmark ruling,
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the Supreme Court today
legalized abortions.
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The majority in cases
from Texas and Georgia
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said that the decision
to end the pregnancy
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during the first three
months belongs to the woman
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and her doctor,
not the government.
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- I wouldn't lie to ya.
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They got a pill
that you can take
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after you get pregnant
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and it will automatically
abort the child.
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[Reporter] To date,
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Great Britain and
France have approved
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the drug for general use.
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- Today I am directing to the
Food and Drug Administration
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to determine whether
the current import ban
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on the drug is justified
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and to rescind the ban if
there is no basis for it.
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The Food and
Drug Administration
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has approved the use
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of the pill to terminate
pregnancy, RU-486.
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The debate about
abortion is more furious
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in the United States than any
other country in the world.
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There's already been
a major campaign
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to keep the pill
off the market,
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or at least
severely restricted.
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(pensive music)
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(pensive music continues)
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(pensive music continues)
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(timer clicking)
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(fingers tapping on keyboard)
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- Okay.
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How are you gonna stop people
from buying something online?
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It's very hard to stop people
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from going on the internet,
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and it's very
difficult to stop
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products from being mailed.
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At the beginning it was just,
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you know, trying to make clear
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that people even
knew about this,
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that these pills existed,
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that they were safe,
they were effective,
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and that we should
have access to it
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and then questioning why
didn't we not in the US
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and what's the disparity
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between the
US and other countries?
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That was how we started.
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This should be an
option available
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just like any other
contraceptive method
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or any healthcare medication.
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People need to know about it.
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- I'm not an
abortion provider.
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Some people might call
me an enabler, I guess,
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because in providing
information,
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I do enable
people to access it.
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And of course people said,
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you can't do that,
that's illegal, right?
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People for years told us,
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you can't put up a website
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and you cannot publish this.
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Some people question whether
we could even publish
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the results of our research
in contraception, right?
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And we said, well,
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Pfizer published the
results of their research
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on fake Viagra pills.
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And nobody told them
they couldn't do it,
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but because this is abortion,
because it's stigmatized,
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they're saying, people
say, no, you can't do it.
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It's illegal.
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We are not providers.
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We, Plan C.
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All we do is share
information and data.
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We are not providers,
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and we do not
therefore have to fall
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under all of
these restrictions
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that providers in this
country have to fall under.
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We share information.
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We also catalyze
others into action.
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- [Reporter] A Washington
state resident fell ill
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after returning
for Wuhan, China.
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- [Reporter] The toll
is growing by the hour.
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- [Reporter] Some states
are banning abortions
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during the
coronavirus pandemic.
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- [Reporter] Calls to
domestic violence hotlines
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are spiking.
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- [Reporter] 21
states have restricted
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non-essential
medical procedures.
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- [Reporter] For the
past about two weeks,
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abortion has been
completely unavailable.
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- [Reporter] A shortage of key
drugs in the United States.
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Many of the raw materials
used to make common drugs
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come from China and India.
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(notification beeps)
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- Aid Access, because of
the India airport situation,
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has not been shipping pills.
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- It's like desperation time.
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And so we're desperately
trying to find a way.
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- It's not unreasonable
to bring up the issue
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of civil disobedience
right now.
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- No, it is not, it is not.
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- People are saying, is there
anything I can do myself?
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You know, is there
anything I can take?
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The pills, you can take
them if you can find them.
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The access situation
is non-existent.
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(tense music)
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- We began to push on the
obstacles that happened
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thanks to COVID.
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We wrote a little
one-page thing that said
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to providers all
over the country,
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all sorts of providers,
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please step up.
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This has gotten ridiculous.
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Do you know that you could be,
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you, a dermatologist,
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could be helping your
patients get a safe abortion
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while COVID's happening?
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(upbeat music)
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(upbeat music continues)
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(paper unraveling)
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(upbeat music)
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This is a disruption
of the norms.
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This is a disruption
of people's businesses,
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of their way of looking at
abortion in this country.
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It disrupts everything.
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- We really,
really believe that
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if we can take
advantage of this time,
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it will be something
that won't be able
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to be put back in the bottle.
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(pills rattling)
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(paper crimping)
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- We all went to the
post office just now
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to drop something off.
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Sometimes I'm like,
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hmm, I wonder if she's
gonna ask me what's in it.
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Sounds like candy
and, or like beads.
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Should I make something up
like a supplement or like, no,
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I think you just.
- No, no, you don't need to.
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- This is civil
disobedience, right?
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- Yes, exactly.
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- I have malpractice insurance
and if someone objects,
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I take the heat.
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(trunk clanking)
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- [Interviewer] Are you
okay showing your face?
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- Um, no.
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If I didn't have my
kids and my husband,
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I would do the whole thing.
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I would say my name
and be full face.
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- [Interviewer]
What's the scenario
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that plays out in your head?
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Like what are you
worried about?
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- Being put in jail,
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getting shot, getting bombed.
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COVID hit and suddenly all
the hospitals, clinics,
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they were shut down.
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Francine put out a message
saying, we need help.
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This group, Aid Access,
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that has been sending
medication for abortions,
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India is shut down so none of
the shipments can come out.
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We're looking for
US-based providers.
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- One of the things I was
looking at with Francine,
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for example, was,
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at some point
you have to decide
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where you stand on it.
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You're much better off just
going on the offensive.
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Just say, this is
what I'm doing.
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I'm doing it because of this.
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And full steam ahead.
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(car engine whirring)
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(door alarm beeping)
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There's this very
unique moment in time.
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And chaos brings opportunity.
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Anarchists look for moments
of breakdown in society
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as an opportunity
to create change.
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If that's your definition
of an anarchist,
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then that's who I am.
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- It's an energy drink
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'cause I'm a mom.
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So that's my baby, Olivia,
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my oldest, Joseph,
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and the middle is Leon.
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They're amazing and feral
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and I hope they stay that way.
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When I was first
looking into it,
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my brain went, just go buy
black market abortion pills
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because then you don't
have to go to a clinic,
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then it won't be
super expensive.
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I was like, I'll just
find these pills somewhere
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and I'll buy 'em.
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I started looking online
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and I found the
telehealth site.
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I was like, I found it!
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I found someone.
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You take this one first,
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wait 24 hours
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and you either insert
them in the vagina
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towards the cervix
and let them dissolve,
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or you can put them in
the pockets of your cheeks
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for 45 minutes and then
you can swallow the rest.
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- What if the
postpartum gets worse?
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What if I can't do
anything for her?
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Life's hard enough, so...
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- They wouldn't tie my
tubes because I was 24
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when I asked for
them to do that.
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And I was like,
I've got three kids,
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I don't need anymore
babies. (chuckles)
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Tie my tubes.
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And they were
like, no, we can't.
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It's always very difficult.
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And it has been
since the beginning
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with the military doctors
and Family Planning.
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- My son was born in 2009,
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so I start seeing like
(laughs)
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the age of the people
that I'm working with,
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like getting closer and
closer to my son's age.
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So I think about one
person, it was 2007,
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she was in Colorado and
she's very close to like,
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I think she was
close to 11 weeks
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and her mom was scared.
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And um, yeah...
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Plan C did put out
the call for
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who would be interested
in doing this work.
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And I definitely
was interested
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and I got connected
with Francine,
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but I couldn't do it
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because I didn't
have my own clinic
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and FDA regulations
require that
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medications ship to
a commercial address,
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so I couldn't get
the medications.
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I tried to get around that
law by renting a UPS Box,
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but they figured me
out very fast. (laughs)
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So they were like,
return us the medication.
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(lift buzzing)
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- There's still this
fear, I think of like,
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are you safe?
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Is it going to be safe
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if people around here
know what you're doing?
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Any sort of
visibility could equal
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attention in terms
of like picketers,
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but it also could equal like
people showing up at school
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and talking to your children
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or people showing
up at your house.
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And like, kids are playing
out in the yard all the time.
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It's easy to drive by a
house and whatever, so.
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You asked me about why,
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because I feel
called to do this.
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There's not really like a why,
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like why do you pick up your
kid when they're crying?
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Is there a why?
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Like you just do it.
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Every day, hour, minute
that they're pregnant,
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that they don't wanna be,
is very stressful, right?
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And then having
symptoms of pregnancy
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and all that becomes
even more stressful.
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If we can mail it
within our own states...
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Hi, I just need
to drop this off.
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Reaches there in two days.
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- I called Planned Parenthood
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and she couldn't fit me in
for like two or three weeks.
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Every day was
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panic attack
after panic attack,
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just like out of my body.
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I texted my friend
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like two in the morning,
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like, hi, I have two weeks
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until I can get to
Planned Parenthood.
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Like, I don't know what to do.
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I'm losing my mind.
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So she was like,
go to this website,
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send money
through this portal.
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You don't even have to
like talk to anybody.
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And to be able to be home
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and have my own way
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of going through the process,
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having Sean here,
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having the dogs,
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being able to set it up
exactly how I wanted it
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instead of being in a
creepy fluorescent office
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in Poughkeepsie, like
staring at the ceiling.
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(reflective music)
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I would much rather
be in my own home.
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(reflective music)
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- [Caller] There was
like a huge snowstorm
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so we were stuck inside.
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It was very nice
to be at home.
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[Caller] Me starting this
new job, I was like,
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well,
there's no way I can just
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already ask for work leave.
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- [Caller] I was far
away from like basically
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any civilization in
the desert areas.
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Like they don't have access.
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- [Caller] I was not
strong enough to deal
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with someone screaming in
my face that I'm a sinner
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and I'm going to hell
and I'm a murderer.
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- [Caller] I don't want anyone
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to know about my decision.
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- [Caller] No other stranger
knew what I was doing,
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like, when you
walk into a clinic.
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- [Caller] I was able to sit
across the table from him,
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have pill in front me,
have a glass of water,
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have this conversation,
cry together.
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- [Caller] It's very
common for people
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with my gender identity
to feel a lot safer
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taking their healthcare
within their own hands.
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- [Caller] This is the
route that I wanna go.
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I wanna be in my home.
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- [Caller] I felt more
comfortable doing this
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at my own pace,
at my own time.
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(reflective somber music)
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- Sabine, what would
you like to eat?
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You wanna eat a banana, huh?
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Marielle's gonna pick you up.
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You better eat something.
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Let's eat a banana
for breakfast
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or the beginnings
of breakfast here.
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Here, Sabine.
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Put the shoes on.
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I'm gonna have a
good day too, Sabine.
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I'm going on a road trip.
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Sorry you can't come with me.
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I know you love road trips.
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- Are we there yet?
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- Are we there yet, yep.
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- I have twin children.
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We were actually told
to institutionalize her,
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that she would never walk,
talk or be potty trained.
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Take your son home and
just give up on her.
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And my daughter
rides bicycles,
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played the cello,
is pretty amazing.
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- Is this all your stuff?
- Yeah, yeah.
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- Oops.
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You know, people doing the
sort of thing she's doing
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have been killed
in our country
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and so I worry, I actually
worry about that but,
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that's what she wants to
do and so I support it.
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I mean I once said that
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if I ever have a
grave stone on it,
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it'll say David Glanzman,
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and then have the dates
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and say he was married
to Francine Coeytaux.
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- You know how much
Sabine likes road trips?
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- [David] Yep.
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- You know what she
said this morning when-
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- [David] What?
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- I said, Sabine, I'm
going on a road trip.
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I'm sorry you're
not coming with me.
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She goes,
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are we there yet?
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(both laughing)
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It's perfect.
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Bye, sweetie.
- Take care.
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(car engine humming)
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- Okay.
(dogs clattering)
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Most of my patients
are farm workers
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or they work
in packing houses.
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A lot of them are
Spanish-speaking only.
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A lot of like young parents.
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I feel bad for the teens
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who don't want to be pregnant
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but can't access abortion care
for one reason or another,
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stigma, shame,
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afraid to tell their family,
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don't have the money,
whatever the reason may be.
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But then we also have a
huge problem in the US
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of shaming teen parents
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and trying to convince
them even
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not to continue a pregnancy.
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It's all about like
what the patient needs
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and just steering whatever way
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they want the
conversation to go.
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The cookies are
phenomenal by the way.
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- Are they?
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Great success?
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- My standard line is,
okay, what do you need?
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She didn't need much.
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Just cook dinner
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and make sure that the
dogs are dealt with
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and kind of and
stay outta my way.
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Cool, real short
checklist. (laughs)
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I think the only thing that I
really have even changed was
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I started locking that outside
front door, just in case.
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(trunk shuts)
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(dog yelping)
(fist knocking on door)
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- Good morning.
- Come in.
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Hey guys, how are ya?
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- She just received
her pills yesterday
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so I have no idea
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if she's taken them
or not taken them.
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- [Nurse Caller]
I'm an ICU nurse.
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My daughter is 13 months now
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and it was a lot for me
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to go through working
through all of that
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and getting sick with COVID
while I was pregnant with her.
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Actually, I've extended
my breastfeeding
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so that I can at least try
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and pass some
antibodies that way.
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Bolster her immune system.
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My anxiety about
having another one
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after everything we've
gone through is very high.
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Yeah, especially where I am,
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finally back working
full-time again.
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Thank you all for your work.
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- This is so amazing because,
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we've essentially
just witnessed
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Christie doing an abortion.
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(pensive music)
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- Green means easily
accessible, minor barriers.
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- [Francine] Which
one of those states
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do you each feel
comfortable moving on?
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- Well.
- Vermont.
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- Pennsylvania.
- Alaska, Colorado.
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- And New Hampshire
should be a go.
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- The Aid Access providers
in the US are charging $150.
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I do it on a
sliding scale model,
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so sometimes I'm
donating part of the cost
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and sometimes the full cost.
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- The minute we say, oh yeah,
it's happening in this state,
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this state, this
state, this state,
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it drags everybody along.
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So let's keep moving on
more states, more patients,
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more doctors.
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You're gonna get stopped
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because they're
gonna try to stop you
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not because they've done
their analysis of these laws.
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And so if there's several
people working in a state,
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that would be helpful because
you wouldn't be alone.
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It wasn't clear that
it was legal, right?
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It wasn't clear that
it was okay to ship.
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What's legal and what's not?
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Half the time,
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it has to just be
proven by doing it
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and finding that, in fact,
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nobody can come after you
or does come after you
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because probably
it wouldn't stand.
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My role was to push and say,
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we need you to do your part
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so we can get closer
to this vision.
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(tense music)
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- For the pill, it's $700.
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And you have to be
11 weeks or less.
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All right, every
state is different
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and unfortunately Alabama
requires you to come in.
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- [Assistant] That pays
for your ultrasound,
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lab work and counsel.
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- All of our first
trimester procedures,
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before 10 weeks are $700.
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It's the same,
surgical and medical.
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It's expensive
to run a clinic.
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Right now, most
clinics that operate,
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that are doing both procedures
and medication abortion,
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we can operate because we have
so much medication abortion
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and if you take that from us,
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if we were a state where you
could just get medication
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through the mail
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and do it far more cheaply,
then we would close.
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I run the operations
for this clinic.
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Sometimes I get to
act as a clinic escort
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and yell at the protestors.
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Sometimes I get to sit
with patient's kids
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so that the kids aren't
alone in the car.
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Ready and go!
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Oh, that one was really close!
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- [Assistant] What
does he look like?
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You said he's coming
up to your car?
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Call the police.
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No, if we call, the
police won't come.
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You live by yourself?
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And this is your
monthly income. $3,100.
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Yeah, so it's gonna exceed.
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It's gonna say that
you make too much.
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- Hello, hello.
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How's everybody?
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The pill that we
gave you in your hand
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is the Mifepristone pill.
24:38.667 --> 24:41.400
That's the pill that you
are going to swallow today
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and that stops the
pregnancy from developing.
24:44.100 --> 24:45.800
If there are no questions,
24:45.933 --> 24:47.900
you can go ahead and take
your Mifepristone pill
24:48.033 --> 24:49.800
without further ado.
24:51.100 --> 24:52.633
You're free to go.
24:52.767 --> 24:54.133
You can give us a call
if you need anything.
24:54.267 --> 24:56.633
Otherwise, we will hear
from you in four weeks.
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This is a medication that
is safer than Tylenol.
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It is safer than Aspirin.
25:01.667 --> 25:03.533
It is safer than Ibuprofen.
25:03.667 --> 25:05.200
It is safer
than many medications
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you can walk into a store
25:06.633 --> 25:08.267
and buy without
a prescription.
25:09.833 --> 25:11.533
So this medicine should
be readily available,
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especially since it's also
used in miscarriage management
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and many providers
do not use it
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even though it is the
recommended regimen
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because of the restrictions.
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I have to pause and give
that lady Mifepristone.
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Excuse me.
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- A federal judge
has suspended a rule
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in regards to obtaining
an abortion pill.
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Patients are no longer
required to visit a doctor
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to get the pill in the
middle of this pandemic.
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- It makes it significantly
easier for women,
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particularly in rural
areas of this country
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or women who simply don't
have the time or the resources
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to get to a clinic.
25:49.867 --> 25:51.667
- We already thought
we could mail,
25:51.800 --> 25:54.033
but now the judge said you
absolutely can during COVID.
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After COVID, everything's
back to who knows what.
25:57.233 --> 26:00.100
(pensive music)
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(pensive music continues)
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- Hi Christina, this is Dr.
Amaon from Just The Pill.
26:17.400 --> 26:19.933
Okay, is now still a good
time for your consult?
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So it looks like first
day of your last period
26:23.900 --> 26:25.067
was the 20th of February.
26:25.200 --> 26:26.767
Does that sound about right?
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Okay, so that makes
you about five weeks
26:30.167 --> 26:32.300
and three days
today based on that.
26:34.733 --> 26:37.000
Can you tell me what
you're feeling right now?
26:39.767 --> 26:40.767
Ashamed?
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Well, know that
you're not alone.
26:44.233 --> 26:47.133
This is something that
one in four people
26:47.267 --> 26:49.533
in their lifetimes choose.
26:49.667 --> 26:51.833
I know a lot of people
don't talk about it,
26:53.033 --> 26:54.833
but it's very common.
26:55.900 --> 26:57.633
She didn't really say,
26:57.767 --> 26:59.067
but it didn't sound like
she had somebody in her life
26:59.200 --> 27:01.333
that she could
talk to about this
27:01.467 --> 27:02.700
which is unfortunate
27:03.867 --> 27:05.600
'cause I bet if she asked,
27:05.733 --> 27:07.500
one of her friends has been
through the same thing.
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- This is Frances calling
from Just The Pill.
27:13.700 --> 27:14.467
How are you?
27:16.200 --> 27:20.000
The law requires that when
you are talking to the doctor
27:20.133 --> 27:24.533
that you are within either
Minnesota or Montana.
27:24.667 --> 27:26.333
Which one is closer to you?
27:27.867 --> 27:29.133
Minnesota, okay.
27:29.267 --> 27:31.000
So you can be anywhere.
27:31.133 --> 27:33.567
A lot of patients just
drive over the state line
27:33.700 --> 27:35.167
and they just pull over, park,
27:35.300 --> 27:36.767
and have the conversation
with the doctor
27:36.900 --> 27:38.867
and then go back home, okay.
27:40.833 --> 27:42.167
And then to get your package,
27:42.300 --> 27:44.967
what we do is we find
a mailing center,
27:45.100 --> 27:46.967
the closest one to you.
27:48.867 --> 27:51.033
We have a patient who got
27:51.167 --> 27:54.333
almost all of her
financial assistance.
27:55.800 --> 27:57.833
She had to pay $50.
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But she has stopped
responding to us.
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- Good girl, Tsunami.
28:03.033 --> 28:05.233
Good girl, go, please.
28:05.367 --> 28:09.067
- Oh look, she replied.
- Come on, come on bud.
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Come on.
28:10.800 --> 28:12.300
- I'll have the
$50 this weekend.
28:12.433 --> 28:17.100
I'm gonna put the little
huggy guy. (laughs)
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You know, a lot of
times, very often,
28:22.033 --> 28:23.433
it has to do with money.
28:27.667 --> 28:29.400
Hello, Laresha.
28:29.533 --> 28:31.067
We did a little
bit of research
28:31.200 --> 28:34.967
and we found
a fund in your area
28:35.100 --> 28:37.300
that might be able to
help you with the $50
28:37.433 --> 28:38.467
that you're missing.
28:39.533 --> 28:41.967
(rain pattering)
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- [Laresha] I'm, Laresha.
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I'm currently a junior
28:45.267 --> 28:47.467
studying
construction management.
28:47.600 --> 28:49.133
As a black woman,
28:49.267 --> 28:51.467
it's not a field where
you see too many women
28:51.600 --> 28:54.100
and especially
people of color.
28:55.433 --> 28:56.967
When I first found out
that I was pregnant,
28:57.100 --> 28:58.367
like my depression
fell in instantly,
28:58.500 --> 29:00.367
it was kind of like, oh crap.
29:01.833 --> 29:04.267
I wasn't going outside,
I wasn't eating.
29:04.400 --> 29:07.533
There was a time where
I didn't leave the house
29:08.667 --> 29:10.867
for like a week and a half.
29:12.533 --> 29:15.133
I make a thousand
dollars, roughly a month.
29:16.467 --> 29:18.267
Being down those
past couple weeks
29:18.400 --> 29:20.200
affected my work schedule.
29:21.600 --> 29:22.567
You guys had already
done so much for me
29:22.700 --> 29:24.200
and found me so much funding
29:24.333 --> 29:27.300
and like my legit whole
paycheck went to rent.
29:28.533 --> 29:30.667
If I would've made it out,
29:30.800 --> 29:32.533
keeping myself alive,
29:32.667 --> 29:34.700
that would've been
a blessing from God.
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- We understand
29:38.300 --> 29:40.533
you know how
difficult it can be
29:42.100 --> 29:44.467
and you know we're
here to help you
29:44.600 --> 29:46.200
and get you through this.
29:47.567 --> 29:49.467
- [Laresha] Thank
you, seriously.
29:54.167 --> 29:56.367
- These are the
times that, you know,
29:56.500 --> 29:59.533
I know that I'm doing
the right thing. (crying)
29:59.667 --> 30:00.600
You know?
30:03.333 --> 30:05.533
And that I am
where I need to be.
30:09.667 --> 30:10.733
- Yes.
- Yeah.
30:12.700 --> 30:17.100
- She said, so what kind
of pictures do you take?
30:17.233 --> 30:18.333
And I said, (scoffs),
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I said my phone is pretty much
30:21.400 --> 30:23.367
just filled of
pictures of my dog
30:23.500 --> 30:25.367
and she said, I'm not
really a pet person.
30:25.500 --> 30:27.867
And I thought, this
is never gonna work.
30:29.367 --> 30:31.133
And then we got married.
30:31.267 --> 30:32.533
(both laughing)
30:32.667 --> 30:34.133
- Oh, scratch.
- Yes.
30:34.267 --> 30:37.533
- Oh!
- I really for real won!
30:37.667 --> 30:38.867
Yes.
30:43.200 --> 30:44.200
So...
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It's kind of scary,
30:52.100 --> 30:54.700
that Frances, the work
that they do, for real,
30:54.833 --> 30:56.533
like it's a little bit scary.
30:58.333 --> 31:01.033
Frances is five foot tall,
you know what I mean? (laughs)
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She's not, I mean,
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she's a force to be
reckoned with, for sure,
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but not to a gun or a vehicle.
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You know what I mean?
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And some people, I mean,
we live in Trumpsylvania.
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- Good boy, Dante.
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- It's scary to love someone
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that walks out
for a good reason
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to do something that
needs to be done,
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knowing that they
could be injured.
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- [Reporter] Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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has died at the age of 87.
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- [Reporter]
Ginsburg championed
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a woman's right to choose
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both as a lawyer and
on the Supreme Court.
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She believed the
government has no right
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to decide what a woman
does with her body.
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- [Reporter] Shortly
before she passed away,
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Justice Ginsburg
said, and I quote,
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my most fervent wish
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is that I will not be replaced
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until a new president
is installed.
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- Oh, darn.
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- We have a
shorter window now,
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very openly,
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because that's what our
Roe v. Wade allows us
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is to say because we
have a right to abortion,
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we can talk about this
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even if you're in Kentucky or
even if you're in Louisiana
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or even if
you're in some state
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that is trying
desperately to make sure
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you don't have access to it.
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You can't stop us
from talking about it
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and you can't stop us from
doing what's necessary.
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(tense music)
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- [Amy] I, Amy Coney Barrett,
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do solemnly swear
that I will do my job
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independently of
my own preferences.
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- [Donald Trump]
Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
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(tense music)
(triumphant music)
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(pensive music)
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(tense music)
(crowds yelling)
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(ominous music)
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(timer clicking)
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- [Reporter] The Supreme
Court has reinstated a rule
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mandating any woman
seeking an abortion pill
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must go to a medical
office to get it.
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- [Reporter] Their
ruling came on Tuesday,
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the single deadliest day
since the coronavirus began.
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[Reporter] Local officials
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are bringing
back strict orders
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to stay home.
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- Ew, it's dusty.
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It actually caught me
completely off guard.
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Oh my God, did
you hear the news?
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And I was like, what?
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The Supreme Court decision.
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She was like, oh my God,
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did you see the
Supreme Court decision?
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I was like, I don't, what, no.
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What are we gonna do?
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Like we can't...
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And I'd already
seen three patients
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that had a visit with me
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that were not gonna
be able to mail.
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So I was like, well, what am
I gonna do with these people?
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They can't
get their medications.
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And when I was younger
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and I didn't have
my medical license,
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I'd be like,
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I could do whatever they
need me to do, whatever.
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But now I just worked my butt
off for 10 years to get this
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and it matters to me.
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And I can't keep
providing service
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if I get that
taken away from me.
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So we're sticking with,
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the most
strict interpretation.
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- Hello, everyone.
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I'm state representative,
Tim Miller.
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Recently I was informed
of an organization
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called Just the Pill.
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They're putting
together a mobile unit
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that will bring RU-486
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and other chemically
induced abortion products
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out into rural Minnesota.
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I'm not going to accept
this in my small towns.
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I'm not going to accept
this in Minnesota.
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Let me know if you have seen
this van in any of your towns.
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- That concerns
me a little bit.
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It does.
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I think we will
have more of our,
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I don't know, spidey sense,
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we'll be looking out more.
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We always pick public
places like public libraries,
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post offices where there's
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lots of people
coming and going.
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We rarely stay at a place
more than 30 minutes.
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We try not to go to
the same places twice.
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So hopefully, this will
protect our patients
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from protestors
but you never know.
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Howdy, howdy.
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- When we start adding stops
for individual patients,
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it ends up like
really delaying.
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- Yeah.
- Yeah, here it is.
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Does she have little kids at
home, anything like that or?
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I just wanna see what she's
trying to deal with, you know?
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- [Frances] She just
does not have a car.
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- [B] No, that's
really too far for her.
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- [Frances] I asked her,
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hey, if we can get
somewhere close to you,
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you think that you
can get somebody,
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you can get to us.
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- [Frances] And I will let
you know what she says.
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- [B] Okay, perfect.
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- And maybe we can
figure that out for her.
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- For 18 years, I worked
in an abortion clinic
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and my mentor was
an incredible woman
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who her children were
followed at their school,
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bloody baby dolls
were left in her home.
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She had Nazis protesting
at the clinic,
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"Kill the Jewish doctor".
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I am willing to take the risks
that they will do that to me,
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but I'm not gonna
make it easy for them.
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Let them do that work if
they wanna come after me
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and if they do, that's fine.
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And when I say it's
fine, none of it's fine
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but we'll deal with it.
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I'm not afraid of them
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but I'm not gonna
make it easy for them
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to do that to my family.
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I mean I've heard
people say, well,
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we have a doctor
who will sit there
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and put the medicine, put
the labels on the medicine.
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- Yeah.
- Put it into the envelope.
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- Yeah.
- And that's dispensing.
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- [Dr. Amaon] Right.
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- But the lawyers
that we talk to
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say that it has to
be done in person.
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- [Dr. Amaon] Right.
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- To make it
harder for people.
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It's a political stunt,
not a medical stunt.
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We all know that
it's not necessary.
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Can I get ya out?
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I need to get you out.
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(upbeat country music)
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♪ Ow
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(upbeat country music)
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♪ One more day,
one more dollar ♪
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♪ Lipstick on and
hair all straight ♪
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♪ Nice face, fine lace,
sent to the man's race ♪
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♪ They don't know it
but I punch my weight ♪
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♪ I can do it all
and then some more ♪
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♪ I think on my feet and
I'm fast on the floor ♪
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♪ Just watch me
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♪ Just watch me
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- [Dr. Amaon] Hi, good
to meet ya, come on in.
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- [Woman] I have never
seen anything like this.
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- Yeah, come on in.
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You can sit or stand,
whatever's best for ya.
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(tense music)
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- [Caller] I was
raised to be pro-life.
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I was always taught
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whores have abortions.
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- [Caller] He wanted
me to keep that child
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because he wanted to
always be connected to me
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but not because he actually
cared about the child.
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- [Caller] I can't
discuss it with her
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because I already know
she's not supportive
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and I don't wanna put
myself through that.
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- [Caller] I wasn't
ready for this baby,
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but I loved
it enough to let it go.
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There's so many
women out there
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that are
going through this
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in silence and feeling
like they are a bad person
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and that's just
so not the case.
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(reflective music)
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(pensive music)
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- Our creator
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endowed us with
the right to life.
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And yet, millions of children
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lose their right to life every
year because of abortion.
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In Texas, we work
to save those lives.
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- Why force a rape
or incest victim
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to carry a pregnancy to term?
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- It doesn't
require that at all
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because obviously it
provides at least six weeks.
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- This law is either
brilliant or diabolical
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depending on which side
of the debate you're on.
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It's not the government,
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the state government
that's enforcing the law.
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Instead, like Wyatt Earp,
they have deputized citizens
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to file private
lawsuits against anyone,
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not just who conducts
an abortion
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or performs an abortion
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but aids, abets,
assists in an abortion.
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- [Reporter] And again,
that Texas law is said
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to go into effect
on September 1st.
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- Does Mife or Miso
show up in a blood test?
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- No.
- Okay.
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The clinician does
not need to know
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that you took these pills.
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They can't tell that
you took these pills
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and that you know,
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some people choose not to
disclose that information
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'cause they don't wanna
put themselves at risk.
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- Let's say these laws in
Texas that actually stick,
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- If every abortion fund
would help somebody in Texas,
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by the way, did you
know this is an option,
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we don't want them
to push anybody
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someplace they don't wanna be,
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but that would be huge.
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- If you had a partnership
with like a homeless shelter,
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there might be somebody at
that shelter that's like,
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oh yeah, like I
know this process.
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Let me do this for you
or like help you do this.
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Like is that-
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- Let me do this for you
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is different than let
me help you do do this.
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There was a mother who
ordered it for her daughter
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and helped her daughter
have an abortion
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and the mother went to jail.
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- She did jail time
because she was so scared
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that she plea bargained
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when they threatened to get
her for attempted murder
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is what they were
trying to get her for.
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She got scared
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and agreed to a
lower number of years
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for some lower thing.
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- It was providing medications
without being licensed.
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That's what it was.
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- That law will not stand.
- It would stand,
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if you're
providing medications
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and you don't have a license.
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And the question that
was asked is about people
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who are helping somebody
have an abortion
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and that I
think is less clear.
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(pensive music)
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- We have some very
positive news to share
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and we're going to
share it very loudly.
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The message in Texas now is
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abortion pills are
available by mail.
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It's a thing.
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And believe me,
there are gonna be
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a lot of very angry people
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as we make it
mainstream, valid,
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reality-based truly
happening in Texas.
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(pensive music)
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- The government sent people
around to document America
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and so we have records
of black people's lives
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in the thirties because of it.
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Yeah, kids learning science.
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- Loretta Ross is
co-author of the book,
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"Reproductive Justice"
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and co-founder
of "Sister Song,
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Women of Color Reproductive
Justice Collective".
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- Black women in 1994
created the concept
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of reproductive
justice, 12 black women.
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I was lucky enough
to be one of them.
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And we recognized that
the pro-choice movement
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would fight for the right
not to have children
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by using birth
control and abortion.
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But they would not fight
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from our perspective
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for the right to have the
children that we want to have.
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And that's the right
to raise our children
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in safe and
healthy environments.
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Black people, although we're
going to be harmed in this,
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we're collateral damage.
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So we need to center
them in our lens.
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We need to maybe smuggle
abortion pills to them.
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But I think the number
one thing we need to do
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is make sure that we
blanket the states
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that oppose abortion
with information.
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'Cause a person can't fight
for their human rights
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if they don't know
that they have 'em.
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You know, they got to know
that they have options
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beyond the deadly
and dangerous ones.
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Okay, let's get
back in here then.
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When Nixon supported
the Title 10 Programs
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through the Office of
Economic Opportunities, OEO,
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it was argued that putting
Family Planning clinics
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in communities of color
was good for the country.
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So the first one was opened up
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in a Mexican-American
community in Texas
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and targeting black
communities and stuff,
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because when Family
Planning was pitched
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as a way to address racial
conflict and racial unrest
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and these burgeoning
populations
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of people of color,
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the Republicans all
lined up to support it
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including Ronald Reagan
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and President Bush was on the
board of Planned Parenthood,
44:55.133 --> 44:57.200
George's father,
I mean, you know?
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It's only when it was pitched
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as a women's rights issue
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where white
women were accessing
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these Title 10
clinics, did they flip.
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If they could target
the reproduction
45:16.633 --> 45:18.667
of black and brown people,
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they would send limousines
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to take us to the
abortion clinics. (laughs)
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(phone ringing)
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- [Caller] Hello?
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- Yes, this is the doctor
from the M&A Hotline.
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I'm just returning your call.
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- [Caller] My pregnancy
with my three-year-old son
45:39.367 --> 45:42.867
resulted in him being in
the NICU for three months.
45:43.933 --> 45:45.800
If your first
birth is preterm,
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that situation is
more likely to happen
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the second time around.
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Healthcare professionals
and a healthcare system
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didn't value my black body
and my son's black life.
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I was 28 weeks,
having contractions
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and the doctor
gave me a Gatorade
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and told me to go home
and that I was dehydrated.
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And that Sunday morning,
I woke up bleeding.
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I was in labor.
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The doctor just broke my
water without talking to me.
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Five seconds later,
out comes by baby.
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My son was, he had
to be resuscitated.
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He came out not breathing.
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And for three months I
sat in front of that,
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isolate and,
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just tried to love him
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as much as I could in
the way that I could.
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(somber music)
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There is no time in my life
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that I felt
more unlistened to,
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or more unprotected than
when I was pregnant.
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I was at most vulnerable
place in my life
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and I felt like everywhere
I turned for help,
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people just couldn’t have
cared less about my child.
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(somber music)
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(somber music)
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- I kind of almost
see abortion rights
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as like the canary
in the coal mine
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of like what is happening
overall in the United States.
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That there is an overall like
push to restrict many rights.
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I think of Flint, right?
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The Flint water crisis,
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that has been
going on for years.
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And many people
don't know this but
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like lead causes miscarriages.
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So no protests there.
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No protests in Lansing
about all the miscarriages,
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the contaminated
water was causing,
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like it's
just not a real concern.
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A black woman in Mississippi
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is 118 times
more likely to die
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from continuing a
pregnancy than an abortion.
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118 times more likely.
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So I mean like, again,
whose life are you saving?
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You don't really
care about life.
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(pensive music)
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- [Caller] I know that
like one state over,
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it doesn't
have to be this way.
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it doesn't
have to be this way.
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- [Caller] I think it
was legal in Colorado
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but it might not be anymore.
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(tense music)
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(tense music continues)
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- Why don't you go after
every second grade teacher?
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Because the best person
who aids and abets you
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in getting an early abortion
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is somebody who taught
you how to read.
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Hoping that the
bubblegum will get people
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to be willing to take
something from her.
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Later if they're all trying
to figure out what to do
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and all the clinics
have closed down
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and they will find one
of these little cards,
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go to Plan C if you need care.
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(upbeat music)
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Let's go this way.
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When you get closer,
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I'll let you go in ahead of me
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and there's two stalls.
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(upbeat music)
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Take the right one, okay?
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And I'll go in
the same bathroom.
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So don't lock it
when you're inside.
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I hope she
doesn't recognize me.
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She might think it's weird
that I've come in twice
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but now I have a hat.
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Maybe she won't recognize me.
49:40.500 --> 49:43.233
(upbeat music)
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- We're here trying to
like spread the word
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and kind of like kick dust up.
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(upbeat music)
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- It hurts me so much
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to think that somebody
would kill their own child.
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- I just think it's
really important
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that you're spreading this.
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- Thank you!
- Thank you!
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(upbeat music)
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- Where am I gonna put this?
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(upbeat music)
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I'm gonna put it on right here
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so that when you're
sitting, you can read it.
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When you're sitting
here breastfeeding,
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let me just sit here
and see what happens.
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Oh, it's a nice
rocking chair, wow.
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So somebody has a baby.
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They have to change
a baby, okay.
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New Testament,
psalms and proverbs.
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Oh my goodness, Gideon Bible.
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Okay, if they can put
it in, I can put it in.
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(door squeaking)
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(upbeat music)
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Most people say,
you can't do that.
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No billboards company's
gonna let you do that.
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- Yeah.
- They're not gonna put it up.
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We really thank you.
- Of course, no problem.
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(pensive music)
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- People have been
nudging their friends
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and pointing at the truck.
51:10.933 --> 51:13.433
While I was at the
bar scene last night,
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two young ladies were
passing the truck
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and they
weren't the most sober
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but they pointed at the truck
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and was like, I love you,
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whatever that means.
51:28.867 --> 51:31.167
But I don't know,
maybe the truck,
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maybe they resonated
with the message.
51:34.567 --> 51:37.600
(people exclaiming)
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I'm just the messenger.
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I'm just the person who
happens to drive the truck.
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(pensive music)
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- Oh wait, look
at how- (laughing)
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It's so big and bright.
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- Oh my god,
it's so beautiful.
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I cannot tell
you how gorgeous.
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I mean it's just popping up.
- Oh, look at that.
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That's great.
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(reflective music)
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- We've been kicked
off of Instagram
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most likely to getting
a lot of attention
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from people who
want to report us
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and don't want us
sharing this information.
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So we're trying to appeal it.
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- [Caller] It's a
different Texas now.
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I wish we'd been talking about
these pills way before now.
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We're gonna have to
be extremely careful
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about anything we post on
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
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And I even have to watch
the words that I say
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when I go on television,
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even though it should
be freedom of speech,
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I need to start censoring
myself in a way.
52:58.000 --> 52:59.800
- I'm taking very
seriously the fact
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that you've said that
continuing to talk to us
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is still open to figure out
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what effective
partnership we can do
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and basically we're
very open also
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to have it be an
unofficial partnership.
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All of you in Texas who are
at higher risk of being sued
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so that nobody
can come after you
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because
they're coming after us.
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We have made the decision
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that we are not going
to become more quiet.
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We're gonna become louder.
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- [Woman On Phone] Good
luck on your road trip.
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Y'all are, I feel,
doing the Lord's work.
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(pensive music)
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- My mom has always said
that her biggest sin,
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according to my grandfather,
53:43.833 --> 53:44.733
her father-in-law,
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was I was born a girl.
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I was supposed to
be the oldest son
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of the oldest son
of the oldest son.
53:53.200 --> 53:56.033
(pensive music)
53:57.300 --> 54:00.667
Pope Valley had a
little red schoolhouse.
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For a long time, it was one
teacher for eight grades.
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It's all boys,
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boys who have shot their
fingers off with shotguns
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and rough little boys.
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(reflective music)
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I was damned if I was
going to be treated
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with the expectations of
a girl in this rural town
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where girls were
truly not respected.
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(reflective music)
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You can't do this.
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This is actually illegal
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and they're
gonna come after you
54:37.067 --> 54:39.200
and have you got your LLC?
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How can you
protect your house?
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How come your husband
lets you do this?
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Are you sure you
shouldn't be fire bombed?
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Are you sure you don't have
security in your house?
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Have you put up cameras?
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I've heard this all my life.
54:53.367 --> 54:54.900
(reflective music)
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You cannot run and
hide with a bully.
54:57.967 --> 54:59.333
When you call the
bully on their bluff,
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they don't come after you.
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The only way you get out
of dealing with a bully
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is to stand up to a bully.
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You're gonna be the one
who successfully stops me?
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Ha, no fucking way,
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is Texas gonna be the one
to get me to stop talking
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about what I know
is a justice issue.
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- [Man In Crowd] I love life,
I love life, I love life!
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I love life, right to
life, right to life.
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Right to life.
55:43.633 --> 55:46.067
(tense music)
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- [Crowd] Fuck the church,
fuck the state,
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you can't make us procreate!
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[crowd] Fuck Greg Abbott!
55:56.133 --> 55:57.567
[man] Fuck Greg Abbott.
55:57.700 --> 55:59.333
[crowd] Fuck Greg Abbott.
55:59.467 --> 56:01.200
[man] Fuck Greg Abbott.
56:01.333 --> 56:03.267
[crowd] Fuck the church,
fuck the state,
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you can't make us procreate!
56:05.267 --> 56:08.300
(pensive music)
(crowds cheering)
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Post Roe?
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Fuck no!
56:10.800 --> 56:11.567
Post Roe?
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Fuck no!
56:12.967 --> 56:15.800
(pensive music)
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- My body!
- My body!
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- My body!
- My body!
56:21.067 --> 56:23.800
(pensive music)
56:30.167 --> 56:31.633
- [Reporter] 26-year-old,
Lizelle Herrera,
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now faces a murder charge,
56:33.233 --> 56:35.033
after her hospital
passed information
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onto the local sheriff's
office it investigated
56:38.367 --> 56:40.933
and determined she had
a self-induced abortion.
56:43.467 --> 56:45.633
(pensive music)
56:45.767 --> 56:47.233
Let's say that New York
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passes a law
protecting providers
56:49.600 --> 56:53.300
to provide telemedicine
abortion to people in Texas.
56:53.433 --> 56:55.233
So the providers
are protected.
56:55.367 --> 56:57.400
But what about the people
in Texas ordering the pills?
56:57.533 --> 56:59.467
Think about the case
of Lizelle Herrera,
56:59.600 --> 57:02.133
who was the woman
down on the border
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who just a month or two ago
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was criminally prosecuted
for miscarriage
57:07.333 --> 57:11.067
and you know, the prosecutor
dropped the charges
57:11.200 --> 57:12.667
'cause in fact at the time,
57:12.800 --> 57:13.800
Texas had no laws
57:13.933 --> 57:16.067
criminalizing
self-managed abortion
57:16.200 --> 57:17.533
or miscarriage.
57:17.667 --> 57:19.067
But I think that is
very likely to change.
57:19.200 --> 57:21.300
I think states are
going to go after women.
57:21.433 --> 57:23.467
The kinds of toys
that police have,
57:23.600 --> 57:26.600
the technology they
have to surveil people,
57:26.733 --> 57:30.333
the gear that they have
to go after people,
57:30.467 --> 57:32.700
that whole apparatus is vast.
57:32.833 --> 57:34.667
They can take your phone
57:34.800 --> 57:36.833
and download everything
from your phone
57:36.967 --> 57:38.800
and if there's a
digital record of you
57:38.933 --> 57:42.300
searching for abortion pills
or purchasing them online,
57:42.433 --> 57:44.467
they will have
that information.
57:44.600 --> 57:46.500
That kind of
digital technology
57:46.633 --> 57:48.533
and machine learning
and surveillance
57:48.667 --> 57:51.467
is gonna combine post-Roe
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to allow anti-abortion states
to surveil, investigate,
57:57.667 --> 57:59.667
charge and prosecute people
57:59.800 --> 58:02.667
who self-manage abortions.
58:02.800 --> 58:04.500
(tense music)
58:04.633 --> 58:05.500
When you're going to be
58:05.633 --> 58:06.700
talking to people
about abortion
58:06.833 --> 58:08.167
or even about your
pregnancy in general,
58:08.300 --> 58:10.267
if you don't think
you're gonna keep it,
58:10.400 --> 58:13.733
you need to only talk to
people that you know for sure
58:13.867 --> 58:15.633
are going to respect
that privately.
58:15.767 --> 58:18.533
But also never put it
in writing anywhere.
58:18.667 --> 58:20.133
Not at all.
58:20.267 --> 58:21.533
Like if you're going
to text somebody,
58:21.667 --> 58:22.867
use Signal, have
disappearing messages,
58:23.000 --> 58:24.533
get a throwaway account.
58:24.667 --> 58:26.533
If you're gonna ask
somebody on Facebook
58:26.667 --> 58:27.933
if they know where
you can get pills
58:28.067 --> 58:29.567
or even, do you know
where I can find money?
58:29.700 --> 58:31.867
Do you know where a clinic is?
58:32.000 --> 58:35.333
People right now in
abortion groups on Facebook
58:35.467 --> 58:38.367
are in them who are
anti-abortion activists.
58:38.500 --> 58:41.233
And they go and they
figure out, okay, alright,
58:41.367 --> 58:42.767
it says in their
Facebook profile
58:42.900 --> 58:45.533
that they are in a
relationship with this person.
58:45.667 --> 58:47.433
I'm gonna contact them
58:47.567 --> 58:49.267
and let them know that they
are trying to find an abortion
58:49.400 --> 58:51.867
so that that person will
try to talk them out of it.
58:53.400 --> 58:54.933
That's what happens in
groups online right now.
58:55.067 --> 58:57.767
It's not even just about,
hey, you might end up in jail,
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it's everybody's gonna
know your business.
59:00.900 --> 59:02.667
- The medical risks
of abortion have waned
59:02.800 --> 59:05.567
with the advent of abortion
pills, which is great.
59:06.933 --> 59:09.667
Unfortunately, the legal
risks continue to exist.
59:09.800 --> 59:11.833
(pensive music)
59:11.967 --> 59:12.967
In a hundred
percent of the cases
59:13.100 --> 59:14.300
that we're
working on right now,
59:14.433 --> 59:16.500
the person who was prosecuted
59:16.633 --> 59:19.200
is experiencing intimate
partner violence
59:19.333 --> 59:21.433
or was experiencing
intimate partner violence
59:21.567 --> 59:22.767
and the fact of
59:22.900 --> 59:26.000
their self-managed
abortion is a tactic
59:26.133 --> 59:28.633
that their abuser
used to control them,
59:28.767 --> 59:32.000
to say, you know, if you leave
59:32.133 --> 59:33.600
or if you don't
do what I want,
59:33.733 --> 59:37.600
I'm going to tell the
cops what you did.
59:37.733 --> 59:40.967
Once people tell their
story to somebody else,
59:41.100 --> 59:42.967
they lose control over it.
59:43.100 --> 59:45.500
And you know, and that's
one of the other ways
59:45.633 --> 59:47.800
that we see
people be prosecuted
59:47.933 --> 59:50.800
is that they tell somebody,
they tell a friend
59:50.933 --> 59:52.600
and their friend
tells her sister
59:52.733 --> 59:54.500
and her sister is
opposed to abortion
59:54.633 --> 59:56.433
or somebody misunderstands
59:56.567 --> 59:58.333
and thinks that there's a
body on the property, right?
59:58.467 --> 59:59.833
Like these are the kind of
things that really happen.
59:59.967 --> 01:00:01.833
And so like helping
people understand
01:00:01.967 --> 01:00:04.433
like if you tell somebody,
01:00:04.567 --> 01:00:07.333
you effectively told
law enforcement.
01:00:09.300 --> 01:00:11.000
Buying abortion pills online.
01:00:11.133 --> 01:00:13.767
You can't be honest with
your medical professionals
01:00:13.900 --> 01:00:15.600
because they might report you.
01:00:15.733 --> 01:00:17.300
Like what kind of a
world are we living in
01:00:17.433 --> 01:00:19.133
where that's a possibility.
01:00:19.267 --> 01:00:21.767
I mean I don't think any
physician has any obligation
01:00:21.900 --> 01:00:25.633
anywhere by law to report
people for any of this,
01:00:25.767 --> 01:00:29.767
but some idiots think they
should and that's terrible.
01:00:29.900 --> 01:00:31.133
That's not our
role as physicians.
01:00:31.267 --> 01:00:33.100
We're not police.
01:00:45.100 --> 01:00:46.100
My friend
01:00:46.233 --> 01:00:49.100
handed me a little
sandwich baggie
01:00:49.667 --> 01:00:52.267
and I realized that this was
01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:55.833
a different medication regimen
than I'd had in the past.
01:00:56.300 --> 01:00:59.200
I was used
to the mife/miso combo
01:00:59.667 --> 01:01:02.667
and they'd
given me only misoprostol.
01:01:04.433 --> 01:01:08.867
I was not prepared
for that level of pain
01:01:09.000 --> 01:01:11.800
and it went on for
over four hours
01:01:11.933 --> 01:01:15.833
and to the point
we grew concerned
01:01:15.967 --> 01:01:19.400
because I had not experienced
something like that before.
01:01:20.700 --> 01:01:24.767
And my boyfriend just said,
01:01:24.900 --> 01:01:26.600
if we make it to
the five hour mark,
01:01:26.733 --> 01:01:28.433
I'm taking you to the ER.
01:01:29.733 --> 01:01:30.600
You know, at that point,
01:01:30.733 --> 01:01:32.233
I wasn't even concerned
01:01:32.367 --> 01:01:33.900
about what was going
on with my body.
01:01:34.033 --> 01:01:35.633
I was just concerned about
what does it look like
01:01:35.767 --> 01:01:40.800
to go to the ER when
I'm in this position.
01:01:41.533 --> 01:01:43.200
And what is it,
01:01:43.333 --> 01:01:46.967
what happens if my
miscarriage is questioned?
01:01:48.700 --> 01:01:51.433
And what happens when
this person that's with me
01:01:51.567 --> 01:01:54.433
brought me in and is
sitting next to me?
01:01:54.567 --> 01:01:56.767
It could have been
someone saying,
01:01:59.700 --> 01:02:03.400
you are having a self-managed
abortion right now
01:02:03.533 --> 01:02:05.600
and here's this individual
that brought you in
01:02:05.733 --> 01:02:07.533
and is assisting
you in that process.
01:02:07.667 --> 01:02:09.700
I don't know, but we
kind of walked through
01:02:09.833 --> 01:02:11.433
some of the possibilities.
01:02:13.033 --> 01:02:15.967
And luckily right around
four hours and 45 minutes,
01:02:17.433 --> 01:02:19.600
I passed the pregnancy,
the cramps stopped
01:02:19.733 --> 01:02:20.833
and it was like, ugh.
01:02:22.633 --> 01:02:26.900
At least I had access
to a safe option.
01:02:29.033 --> 01:02:32.233
Safe medically,
though, legally risky.
01:02:32.367 --> 01:02:35.433
(suspenseful music)
01:02:42.933 --> 01:02:44.367
(online meeting
notification beeps)
01:02:44.500 --> 01:02:48.300
- I had a patient who called
the hotline a few weeks ago
01:02:48.433 --> 01:02:53.433
who was five and
five sevenths weeks
01:02:55.133 --> 01:02:56.167
and was seen at
01:02:56.300 --> 01:02:57.800
Planned Parenthood
with a positive test
01:02:57.933 --> 01:03:01.200
but couldn't be seen
for three more days
01:03:01.333 --> 01:03:02.967
and then they would
do an ultrasound
01:03:03.100 --> 01:03:04.400
and then if they saw anything,
01:03:04.533 --> 01:03:06.300
she wouldn't be
able to get help.
01:03:06.433 --> 01:03:09.967
And I just thought, wait, you
were in Planned Parenthood.
01:03:10.100 --> 01:03:13.167
You're requesting this and you
had to leave and come back?
01:03:13.300 --> 01:03:15.767
Like it's just ridiculous.
01:03:15.900 --> 01:03:17.433
What's to prevent me
from prescribing it
01:03:17.567 --> 01:03:20.000
for somebody in Texas
when they're not pregnant?
01:03:20.133 --> 01:03:21.033
- Exactly.
01:03:22.967 --> 01:03:24.833
- I get
frustrated by everybody
01:03:24.967 --> 01:03:27.233
trying to follow the rules,
01:03:27.367 --> 01:03:29.967
instead of what really
needs to be done.
01:03:30.100 --> 01:03:34.967
So I feel so strongly about
fighting for these things
01:03:35.100 --> 01:03:38.200
that I'm willing
to take some risks.
01:03:38.333 --> 01:03:40.300
(car engine whirring)
01:03:40.767 --> 01:03:43.533
(ambient music)
01:03:50.467 --> 01:03:53.333
(brooding music)
01:03:53.467 --> 01:03:55.533
The biggest issue
now is product.
01:03:57.100 --> 01:03:58.900
See if I can get the big
drugs in there by three days,
01:03:59.033 --> 01:04:01.533
instead of three weeks.
01:04:03.567 --> 01:04:05.067
Even if you find out
01:04:05.200 --> 01:04:07.633
or you're so regular
with your period
01:04:07.767 --> 01:04:09.533
and you know right away,
01:04:09.667 --> 01:04:12.067
I missed my period and I
need this and I access this
01:04:13.867 --> 01:04:15.933
and you add three weeks
to that, it's seven weeks.
01:04:16.067 --> 01:04:18.400
When you push on the envelope,
01:04:18.533 --> 01:04:21.733
especially the envelope about
what's legal and what's not,
01:04:23.533 --> 01:04:24.800
there is always,
01:04:24.933 --> 01:04:28.733
each person has to
take one step further
01:04:28.867 --> 01:04:30.700
than what everybody
else thinks is legal
01:04:30.833 --> 01:04:33.733
or otherwise you're
not being bold,
01:04:33.867 --> 01:04:35.133
you're not doing anything.
01:04:36.867 --> 01:04:38.700
As people are trying to
figure out how much liability
01:04:38.833 --> 01:04:40.533
are they willing to take,
01:04:42.000 --> 01:04:43.600
that's their decision.
01:04:43.733 --> 01:04:46.733
And it could be
a dangerous one.
01:04:46.867 --> 01:04:49.700
(brooding music)
01:04:50.833 --> 01:04:52.533
I'm in a place in my life,
01:04:52.667 --> 01:04:55.567
I can take the risk that
maybe I couldn't have earlier.
01:04:55.700 --> 01:04:58.567
(brooding music)
01:05:00.067 --> 01:05:03.333
I have to do it on my own.
01:05:03.467 --> 01:05:05.533
I'm going to on my own,
01:05:06.267 --> 01:05:07.800
do this on the side.
01:05:07.933 --> 01:05:10.767
(brooding music)
01:05:12.567 --> 01:05:14.467
I'm not sure this
one's gonna make it.
01:05:14.600 --> 01:05:15.967
I have some doctors
I was telling you
01:05:16.100 --> 01:05:17.733
who are willing to just say,
01:05:17.867 --> 01:05:20.733
well, I have some extra
product that I got.
01:05:20.867 --> 01:05:23.567
(brooding music)
01:05:23.700 --> 01:05:25.800
X in (beep) has
to stay anonymous
01:05:25.933 --> 01:05:27.800
so that we can get
into the red states
01:05:27.933 --> 01:05:29.600
where there are laws
that won't allow us
01:05:29.733 --> 01:05:31.033
to do it the other way.
01:05:31.167 --> 01:05:34.267
(suspenseful music)
01:05:35.767 --> 01:05:39.533
The decision making
is now red state,
01:05:39.667 --> 01:05:40.933
this is the distributor,
01:05:41.067 --> 01:05:43.333
no longer the
Indian distributor.
01:05:43.467 --> 01:05:45.967
(suspenseful music)
01:05:46.100 --> 01:05:49.333
- We are sister movements
and we are allies.
01:05:49.467 --> 01:05:51.000
So Francine reached out to us
01:05:51.133 --> 01:05:52.800
asking if we
would be interested
01:05:52.933 --> 01:05:55.567
in supporting their movement.
01:05:57.133 --> 01:05:58.633
You know, I just heard that
we're gonna get a donation
01:05:58.767 --> 01:06:00.433
and I'm like,
I'm gonna buy a safe
01:06:00.567 --> 01:06:01.500
because I'm just like
01:06:01.633 --> 01:06:02.667
literally keeping
it in my desk.
01:06:02.800 --> 01:06:05.867
It's like with my
kid's roller skates.
01:06:06.000 --> 01:06:10.867
We have cut out the sides
that have the indicator
01:06:11.000 --> 01:06:13.767
that could be identified
to any specific physician.
01:06:13.900 --> 01:06:18.700
And then ensure that
the pills don't rattle.
01:06:18.933 --> 01:06:20.867
And then off
to the post office.
01:06:21.600 --> 01:06:24.667
People will receive packages
within two to four days
01:06:24.800 --> 01:06:26.867
depending on where
they're located.
01:06:27.000 --> 01:06:28.500
Lots of Texas,
01:06:28.633 --> 01:06:33.000
also South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Florida.
01:06:33.133 --> 01:06:34.500
And we're not
talking about cities,
01:06:34.633 --> 01:06:36.700
we're talking
about rural areas.
01:06:37.700 --> 01:06:39.000
I am personally packaging.
01:06:40.533 --> 01:06:42.067
I don't want to put
anyone else at risk
01:06:42.200 --> 01:06:45.667
and I understand that
this is a risky situation,
01:06:45.800 --> 01:06:48.367
so I am putting
the risk on myself.
01:06:51.933 --> 01:06:54.467
I come from a long
line of firefighters.
01:06:54.600 --> 01:06:57.067
The recognition
of an emergency
01:06:57.200 --> 01:06:58.867
and the need to respond to it
01:06:59.000 --> 01:07:02.167
is something that
is part of who I am.
01:07:02.300 --> 01:07:05.100
(suspenseful music)
01:07:05.233 --> 01:07:07.933
- [Interviewer] And when
you hold those packages...
01:07:08.067 --> 01:07:10.900
- [X] Feels like a revolution.
01:07:11.133 --> 01:07:14.233
(suspenseful music)
01:07:15.867 --> 01:07:17.133
- I feel like the Wizard
of Oz or something
01:07:17.267 --> 01:07:20.100
'cause I'm still
behind everything.
01:07:20.233 --> 01:07:21.933
I was the first one
01:07:22.067 --> 01:07:24.600
and the next shipment is
going out by somebody else.
01:07:24.733 --> 01:07:26.567
And then we have a third
one lined up, third,
01:07:26.700 --> 01:07:28.633
and then I think I've got
a fourth person lined up
01:07:28.767 --> 01:07:33.800
to get medications in the
hand of this organization.
01:07:35.400 --> 01:07:37.733
And what they're doing is
mailing medications to people
01:07:37.867 --> 01:07:41.067
who are too far to wait
along in their pregnancy
01:07:41.200 --> 01:07:43.133
to wait for a
shipment from India.
01:07:43.933 --> 01:07:46.233
We're like, we're putting
fingers in the holes,
01:07:46.367 --> 01:07:49.600
but there're gonna
be more and more.
01:07:49.733 --> 01:07:52.400
The worse it gets, the more
you go, okay, forget it.
01:07:54.200 --> 01:07:57.033
(pensive music)
01:07:58.867 --> 01:08:02.833
- Every day, we're learning
new ways to get people pills
01:08:04.100 --> 01:08:05.800
and we're getting
better and better at it.
01:08:05.933 --> 01:08:07.700
- What we haven't figured out
01:08:07.833 --> 01:08:11.900
is how to just get you the
immense amount of product
01:08:12.033 --> 01:08:14.900
that is faster and
faster you need.
01:08:15.033 --> 01:08:16.867
- [X] I would say I
probably have enough
01:08:17.000 --> 01:08:20.167
for another week and a
half of distribution.
01:08:20.300 --> 01:08:21.367
- Oh dear.
01:08:21.500 --> 01:08:23.867
Well, we can probably
do another box.
01:08:24.000 --> 01:08:26.000
- Couple months, we'll
be back, asking again.
01:08:26.133 --> 01:08:27.000
You want to do it again?
01:08:27.133 --> 01:08:29.133
Because it's underground
01:08:29.267 --> 01:08:30.800
and because you don't wanna
get too many people involved
01:08:30.933 --> 01:08:32.667
to know about the underground
01:08:32.800 --> 01:08:34.200
that every time you add
01:08:34.333 --> 01:08:36.567
another provider
willing to do this,
01:08:36.700 --> 01:08:38.700
that's another
person who knows.
01:08:38.833 --> 01:08:40.633
Even asking a provider
01:08:40.767 --> 01:08:42.833
and finding out they don't
really feel comfortable,
01:08:42.967 --> 01:08:45.400
that's a person who
knows without providing.
01:08:46.467 --> 01:08:49.733
I had a supplier in Mexico
01:08:49.867 --> 01:08:52.567
who was going to give
me a huge amount.
01:08:52.700 --> 01:08:54.700
The problem was the legality
01:08:54.833 --> 01:08:57.300
of coming over with a
suitcase of product.
01:08:57.433 --> 01:09:01.233
Who's gonna take that risk
and who's gonna do that?
01:09:01.367 --> 01:09:02.933
- What we're looking
forward to is
01:09:03.067 --> 01:09:05.733
if we multiply
Texas by 20 times,
01:09:05.867 --> 01:09:10.900
it's just gonna be such
chaos and craziness
01:09:12.233 --> 01:09:13.667
because the states
that people in Texas
01:09:13.800 --> 01:09:15.700
rely on going to
other than New Mexico
01:09:15.833 --> 01:09:17.367
are all gonna be
shut down as well,
01:09:17.500 --> 01:09:21.167
as well as everything you
know in the South and Midwest,
01:09:21.300 --> 01:09:22.267
for the most part.
01:09:22.400 --> 01:09:24.267
It's gonna really be chaos.
01:09:24.400 --> 01:09:27.167
I just can't imagine
how we can expand enough
01:09:27.300 --> 01:09:28.867
to take care of everybody.
01:09:30.333 --> 01:09:32.767
- Organizing and
mobilizing is really hard
01:09:32.900 --> 01:09:35.167
when you're scared
and you're censored.
01:09:36.767 --> 01:09:39.433
(pensive music)
01:09:52.167 --> 01:09:54.100
- [Reporter] Demonstrators
gathering again,
01:09:54.233 --> 01:09:56.133
in response to that
unprecedented leak
01:09:56.267 --> 01:09:57.433
of an opinion draft
01:09:57.567 --> 01:10:01.933
that suggests the court
will overturn Roe v. Wade.
01:10:02.067 --> 01:10:05.367
(suspenseful music)
01:10:05.500 --> 01:10:07.400
- [Reporter] With the Supreme
Court seemingly poised
01:10:07.533 --> 01:10:09.267
to overturn Roe v. Wade,
01:10:09.400 --> 01:10:12.233
it's looking more and more
like a race among the states
01:10:12.367 --> 01:10:16.100
to pass the most extreme
law restricting abortions.
01:10:16.233 --> 01:10:18.933
- [Rep. McCormick] It is time
for Louisiana to stand up
01:10:19.067 --> 01:10:20.767
and end abortion.
01:10:20.900 --> 01:10:22.933
- [Rep. Capriglione]
Abortion is not healthcare.
01:10:23.067 --> 01:10:25.267
Abortion is not a service.
01:10:25.400 --> 01:10:27.233
Abortion, quite
frankly, is murder.
01:10:27.367 --> 01:10:31.900
- [Rep. Olsen] Over 80% of
women that get an abortion
01:10:32.033 --> 01:10:33.333
are unmarried.
01:10:34.000 --> 01:10:37.000
- [Rep. Humphrey] We're not
talking about, is it murder.
01:10:37.133 --> 01:10:40.533
You darn skippy, it's murder.
01:10:40.667 --> 01:10:42.233
We done established that.
01:10:43.433 --> 01:10:44.733
I have hope in our courts.
01:10:44.867 --> 01:10:46.433
I have hope in America.
01:10:46.567 --> 01:10:48.733
I have hope in the
state of Oklahoma.
01:10:48.867 --> 01:10:50.767
And I have hope in the people
01:10:50.900 --> 01:10:53.600
that we're going to
end sanctioned murder
01:10:53.733 --> 01:10:54.933
in the state of Oklahoma.
01:10:56.600 --> 01:11:01.300
- Declare the vote.
- 73, aye, 16 nay.
01:11:03.633 --> 01:11:08.667
(timer clicking)
(suspenseful music)
01:11:12.133 --> 01:11:14.167
- [Woman] It's really hard
to not take all of this home
01:11:14.300 --> 01:11:16.667
because we can sit here and
we can think of all the women
01:11:16.800 --> 01:11:18.467
that have called and you know,
01:11:18.600 --> 01:11:20.167
we tell 'em we're not
taking appointments
01:11:20.300 --> 01:11:21.800
and they cry on the
phone and they're like,
01:11:21.933 --> 01:11:22.800
I don't know what to do.
01:11:22.933 --> 01:11:23.833
And we're just like,
01:11:25.767 --> 01:11:26.767
you go home and
you think about it.
01:11:26.900 --> 01:11:28.567
Did they call anybody else?
01:11:28.700 --> 01:11:29.667
What's gonna happen?
01:11:29.800 --> 01:11:31.667
Are they just,
did they give up?
01:11:34.100 --> 01:11:35.833
- [Woman] A lot of people say,
01:11:35.967 --> 01:11:37.633
well, I guess I should
just go kill myself then.
01:11:37.767 --> 01:11:40.000
- If I can't get an abortion,
I'm gonna kill myself.
01:11:40.133 --> 01:11:41.833
And then she
hangs up the phone.
01:11:44.500 --> 01:11:46.100
- [Woman] It almost
feels like when you're,
01:11:46.233 --> 01:11:48.033
like, if you're having a dream
01:11:48.167 --> 01:11:50.100
and you're walking
down like a hallway,
01:11:50.233 --> 01:11:51.967
like a long hallway
01:11:52.100 --> 01:11:53.633
and you're just kind of
stepping into this unknown,
01:11:53.767 --> 01:11:55.533
but you know you have
to just keep going
01:11:55.667 --> 01:11:57.167
but you don't know
what's gonna happen
01:11:57.300 --> 01:11:59.700
or what is at the
end of that hall.
01:11:59.833 --> 01:12:01.200
I feel like that's
what we're all doing.
01:12:01.333 --> 01:12:02.567
We're just like
walking in the dark,
01:12:02.700 --> 01:12:04.600
trying to get to the end
01:12:04.733 --> 01:12:05.733
and see what's gonna happen
01:12:05.867 --> 01:12:08.033
and we just can't reach it.
01:12:08.167 --> 01:12:09.100
You just feel lost.
01:12:09.233 --> 01:12:11.000
You just feel alone.
01:12:11.133 --> 01:12:12.200
You just feel like you
can't reach the end of it.
01:12:12.333 --> 01:12:13.733
It's never gonna happen.
01:12:13.867 --> 01:12:16.867
(reflective music)
01:12:18.600 --> 01:12:23.400
(dog barking)
(pensive music)
01:12:25.200 --> 01:12:28.167
- I take birth control and
I skip the period pills,
01:12:28.300 --> 01:12:30.733
so if I were pregnant,
I wouldn't even know it.
01:12:30.867 --> 01:12:32.300
I just started thinking like,
01:12:33.367 --> 01:12:34.900
I am sexually active
01:12:35.033 --> 01:12:37.567
and these are good
for two years.
01:12:37.700 --> 01:12:39.833
And in two years,
I'll order another set
01:12:39.967 --> 01:12:41.833
if I haven't
taken them already.
01:12:41.967 --> 01:12:43.733
I told them I was doing
this for advanced provision.
01:12:43.867 --> 01:12:46.700
I just want them just in case.
01:12:46.833 --> 01:12:49.067
I went to PlanCPills.org.
01:12:49.200 --> 01:12:51.900
They're from India,
01:12:52.033 --> 01:12:53.900
made their way through France.
01:12:54.033 --> 01:12:56.033
It took about two weeks
for them to arrive
01:12:56.167 --> 01:12:57.767
after the time I ordered them.
01:12:59.067 --> 01:13:01.733
This is almost priceless.
01:13:01.867 --> 01:13:03.167
Living in Texas,
01:13:03.300 --> 01:13:06.733
having an anti-pregnancy
kit is almost priceless.
01:13:08.700 --> 01:13:10.967
I'm just
looking for good ideas
01:13:11.100 --> 01:13:12.233
because I don't
know if we can rely
01:13:12.367 --> 01:13:14.100
on our lawmakers anymore.
01:13:16.767 --> 01:13:19.267
(dog hassling)
01:13:22.000 --> 01:13:26.800
- When the Supreme Court
draft leak happened,
01:13:26.933 --> 01:13:30.800
then I was working like
15 to 18 hours a day
01:13:30.933 --> 01:13:34.233
for two weeks
straight pretty much.
01:13:34.367 --> 01:13:36.300
And that was a bit exhausting.
01:13:38.100 --> 01:13:41.633
Prior to the leak, we would,
for advanced provision,
01:13:41.767 --> 01:13:46.133
we would get about
40 requests per day.
01:13:46.267 --> 01:13:48.633
And that was
from all 50 states.
01:13:48.767 --> 01:13:51.067
And then in the two
days following the leak,
01:13:51.200 --> 01:13:55.000
we got 5,000 requests.
01:13:56.267 --> 01:13:58.500
- [Brad] I got migraine
stuff upstairs.
01:13:58.633 --> 01:14:00.600
- Well, I just took some Advil
01:14:00.733 --> 01:14:03.200
and that's why I scarfed
down that banana.
01:14:04.467 --> 01:14:05.900
- Have you been
drinking enough water?
01:14:06.033 --> 01:14:07.867
- Probably not. (laughs)
01:14:08.000 --> 01:14:10.000
- Even if we go to
bed at the same time,
01:14:10.133 --> 01:14:11.733
I'll fall asleep and roll over
01:14:11.867 --> 01:14:13.667
and wake up 30 minutes later
01:14:13.800 --> 01:14:15.833
and she's on her phone
doing more stuff.
01:14:17.467 --> 01:14:19.700
- A zombie law is a law
that's been on the books
01:14:19.833 --> 01:14:21.633
from before Roe v. Wade.
01:14:21.767 --> 01:14:26.267
So there are states that
have laws from the 1960's.
01:14:27.800 --> 01:14:29.333
There is at least one
state that I know of
01:14:29.467 --> 01:14:34.367
that has a law from the 1800's
that is banning abortion.
01:14:35.400 --> 01:14:37.167
And they just left them there,
01:14:37.300 --> 01:14:40.800
even though Roe v. Wade said
they couldn't be enforced.
01:14:40.933 --> 01:14:42.600
And then now that
we're looking at
01:14:42.733 --> 01:14:44.700
likely Roe getting overturned,
01:14:44.833 --> 01:14:46.800
any of those laws that
are still sitting there
01:14:46.933 --> 01:14:49.200
will immediately
be effective again.
01:14:52.300 --> 01:14:54.200
I mean it's
creating this like,
01:14:58.800 --> 01:15:01.633
like 1984 type states
01:15:01.767 --> 01:15:03.200
where they're gonna try
01:15:03.333 --> 01:15:05.367
to monitor people
coming and going
01:15:05.500 --> 01:15:08.033
from states like
traveling and saying,
01:15:08.167 --> 01:15:11.067
okay, now that you've had
a positive pregnancy test,
01:15:11.200 --> 01:15:12.933
if you leave the
state at any point,
01:15:13.067 --> 01:15:15.233
you'll have to do a
mandatory pregnancy test
01:15:15.367 --> 01:15:17.367
upon reentering the state.
01:15:17.500 --> 01:15:19.667
And if it's negative,
01:15:19.800 --> 01:15:22.400
then we'll have to launch
a full investigation
01:15:22.533 --> 01:15:26.600
as to whether or not you had
a miscarriage or an abortion.
01:15:28.133 --> 01:15:31.000
And if it's found that
it was an abortion,
01:15:31.133 --> 01:15:33.267
then you'll be jailed
and all these things.
01:15:33.400 --> 01:15:38.167
And it feels crazy.
01:15:39.067 --> 01:15:42.067
It feels like a stretch.
01:15:42.200 --> 01:15:43.933
But it also doesn't at all.
01:15:44.067 --> 01:15:48.833
Like I can foresee the path
that might lead us there.
01:15:51.400 --> 01:15:55.133
- [Woman On TV] Almost 70% of
our patients are parenting.
01:15:55.267 --> 01:15:56.767
They have multiple jobs.
01:15:56.900 --> 01:15:57.933
They're juggling school.
01:15:58.067 --> 01:15:59.267
They're juggling childcare.
01:15:59.400 --> 01:16:01.500
I mean it's nuts, right?
01:16:01.633 --> 01:16:03.867
Making a decision to
travel out of state.
01:16:04.000 --> 01:16:05.100
Most people are trying
01:16:05.233 --> 01:16:06.867
to figure out how
to make it work.
01:16:07.000 --> 01:16:10.333
Honestly, what option has
the state really left people?
01:16:10.467 --> 01:16:15.300
- Our local patients
are like on edge
01:16:15.433 --> 01:16:17.500
and we see some
happened in Texas
01:16:17.633 --> 01:16:20.000
and then we
get patients going,
01:16:20.133 --> 01:16:21.500
is this legal?
01:16:21.633 --> 01:16:22.633
Like are we good?
01:16:24.100 --> 01:16:25.833
Can we still do this?
01:16:25.967 --> 01:16:28.167
You know, because they're
hearing about it in the news.
01:16:28.300 --> 01:16:30.167
So there's a lot of fear.
01:16:30.300 --> 01:16:31.800
- Literally, your
zip code dictates
01:16:31.933 --> 01:16:32.767
the quality of
your medical care.
01:16:32.900 --> 01:16:33.600
- Yeah.
01:16:36.033 --> 01:16:37.333
- Just because that's a law,
01:16:37.467 --> 01:16:39.233
not because that's
what's best for you,
01:16:39.367 --> 01:16:41.333
not because that's what's
best for a human being.
01:16:41.467 --> 01:16:43.167
Not because it's
what's best medically.
01:16:43.300 --> 01:16:46.067
Not even because
it's most profitable,
01:16:46.200 --> 01:16:47.500
which I could even get,
01:16:47.633 --> 01:16:49.833
I could even like,
I'm a mathematician.
01:16:49.967 --> 01:16:50.967
I could see that.
01:16:51.100 --> 01:16:52.833
It would at least make sense.
01:16:52.967 --> 01:16:55.167
The only thing that makes
sense here is control.
01:16:56.400 --> 01:16:58.800
(suspenseful music)
01:16:58.933 --> 01:17:00.867
- [Francine] It
made me so angry
01:17:01.000 --> 01:17:02.400
that the journalists continued
01:17:02.533 --> 01:17:05.833
to trot out these
desperate situations.
01:17:05.967 --> 01:17:08.033
Providers could
have met their needs
01:17:08.167 --> 01:17:10.033
by getting these women pills.
01:17:12.467 --> 01:17:13.933
- I'm here in this hotel,
01:17:14.067 --> 01:17:17.000
I have it 'cause you
were able to order it
01:17:17.133 --> 01:17:18.900
and you knew how to order it.
01:17:19.033 --> 01:17:22.200
But unfortunately, most of
the US doesn't know yet.
01:17:22.333 --> 01:17:26.900
The entire system is still
rigged, really rigged,
01:17:27.033 --> 01:17:29.000
to assuming you're
going to travel,
01:17:29.133 --> 01:17:31.233
we're gonna
get you to a clinic.
01:17:31.367 --> 01:17:34.400
Okay, we made you travel
all the way here to LA
01:17:35.367 --> 01:17:36.567
and here's your pill
01:17:38.300 --> 01:17:40.833
and you're still gonna
have to manage this at home
01:17:40.967 --> 01:17:43.333
or in your car
or in your hotel
01:17:43.467 --> 01:17:46.500
or wherever it is that
it's going to take place.
01:17:47.667 --> 01:17:50.167
There isn't even
that recognition
01:17:50.300 --> 01:17:52.033
on the part of the providers.
01:17:52.167 --> 01:17:53.333
- Francine...
01:17:55.633 --> 01:17:59.933
is a very good idea person
01:18:00.067 --> 01:18:03.400
and the balance of Francine
and Elisa usually works well
01:18:03.533 --> 01:18:06.467
because Francine has
these huge big ideas
01:18:06.600 --> 01:18:09.233
that she just wants to
go, go, go, go, go with.
01:18:09.367 --> 01:18:14.400
And Elisa is a great
partner to say like,
01:18:15.433 --> 01:18:18.300
yes, but let's
take a step back.
01:18:18.433 --> 01:18:20.833
Let's slow down.
01:18:20.967 --> 01:18:23.300
You know, there's one like
version of pushing someone
01:18:23.433 --> 01:18:25.133
out of their comfort zone
01:18:25.267 --> 01:18:28.867
to try to expand what they're
doing but in a safe way.
01:18:29.000 --> 01:18:29.967
And then there's something
01:18:30.100 --> 01:18:31.300
where someone
doesn't feel safe
01:18:31.433 --> 01:18:35.033
and that's where you
start to run into issues.
01:18:35.767 --> 01:18:37.233
(suspenseful music)
01:18:37.367 --> 01:18:41.600
I was on Twitter and saw
the Twitter responses
01:18:41.733 --> 01:18:42.933
that were happening.
01:18:43.067 --> 01:18:44.567
So I took some screenshots
01:18:44.700 --> 01:18:48.133
and I immediately sent
them to Francine and Elisa.
01:18:48.267 --> 01:18:51.033
(pensive music)
01:18:58.600 --> 01:19:02.300
(pensive music continues)
01:19:07.633 --> 01:19:09.833
(pensive music continues)
01:19:20.267 --> 01:19:23.367
- The people in
Texas were caught
01:19:23.500 --> 01:19:27.833
between the reality of
helping their clientele,
01:19:29.100 --> 01:19:30.700
including the clinics,
01:19:30.833 --> 01:19:33.133
the reality of shutting the
doors on all these patients
01:19:33.267 --> 01:19:36.300
that were their patients
and who they take care of.
01:19:36.433 --> 01:19:39.200
And us coming in and saying,
01:19:39.333 --> 01:19:41.500
just let people know
there's this option
01:19:41.633 --> 01:19:44.267
when the lawyers were telling
them if they even do that,
01:19:44.400 --> 01:19:46.200
they're going to
get criminalized.
01:19:49.067 --> 01:19:51.367
(tense music)
01:19:51.500 --> 01:19:53.000
- Well, first of all,
01:19:53.133 --> 01:19:54.467
we're in the middle
of a call out culture.
01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:57.367
Hell, everything is
called out nowadays.
01:19:57.500 --> 01:19:59.333
So there's that.
01:19:59.467 --> 01:20:01.067
A lot of people think that
01:20:01.200 --> 01:20:03.233
deeply criticizing
everybody else
01:20:03.367 --> 01:20:06.333
is the way you do
social justice activism
01:20:06.600 --> 01:20:09.633
and they have not
figured out how divisive
01:20:09.767 --> 01:20:11.633
and counterproductive it is.
01:20:12.700 --> 01:20:13.900
How did that become
the number one thing
01:20:14.033 --> 01:20:15.367
we need to be worried about
01:20:15.500 --> 01:20:17.067
when we're trying
to fight fascism?
01:20:17.200 --> 01:20:19.900
(pensive music)
01:20:20.033 --> 01:20:23.167
That's piss poor threat
assessment in my opinion.
01:20:23.300 --> 01:20:24.400
(laughs)
01:20:24.533 --> 01:20:26.900
To the extent you have
the time and energy,
01:20:27.033 --> 01:20:29.400
why not keep it
focused on the fascists
01:20:29.533 --> 01:20:32.867
instead of punching sideways
within the movement?
01:20:34.333 --> 01:20:37.133
- We're all operating
under such fear
01:20:37.267 --> 01:20:41.533
that I think communication
is breaking down
01:20:41.667 --> 01:20:43.167
in the relationships.
01:20:43.300 --> 01:20:46.133
(pensive music)
01:20:48.833 --> 01:20:50.300
- We've been out here for
every single decision day
01:20:50.433 --> 01:20:51.700
since like February
or March or so,
01:20:51.833 --> 01:20:53.500
and back then it
was just a dozen
01:20:53.633 --> 01:20:55.333
or two dozen of us out here.
01:20:55.467 --> 01:20:57.633
No opposition, no pro-choice
people caring about it
01:20:57.767 --> 01:20:59.200
'cause they're not as good
01:20:59.333 --> 01:21:01.533
at mobilizing their
people as we are.
01:21:01.667 --> 01:21:04.533
(crowds cursing, yelling)
01:21:04.667 --> 01:21:06.600
- Pro-choice is a fucking lie!
01:21:06.733 --> 01:21:08.700
- Babies never choose to die!
01:21:08.833 --> 01:21:10.567
- It's hard to
fight for something
01:21:10.700 --> 01:21:12.433
when a lot of, most people
have already given up.
01:21:12.567 --> 01:21:15.433
(pensive music)
01:21:24.667 --> 01:21:26.200
- [Reporter] Breaking news
01:21:26.333 --> 01:21:28.600
regarding the Supreme
Court opinion ruling.
01:21:28.733 --> 01:21:31.967
There is no longer a
federal constitutional right
01:21:32.100 --> 01:21:33.433
to an abortion.
01:21:33.567 --> 01:21:35.167
- [Reporter] Abortion
is up to the states
01:21:35.300 --> 01:21:36.667
and it's about
to become illegal
01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:38.267
in about half of them, Lester.
01:21:38.400 --> 01:21:40.433
- NBC's Pete Williams
with the decision,
01:21:40.567 --> 01:21:43.267
the landmark decision from the
United States Supreme Court.
01:21:43.400 --> 01:21:44.700
- [Reporter] All was
quiet Friday morning
01:21:44.833 --> 01:21:46.400
at the West Alabama
Women's Center.
01:21:46.533 --> 01:21:48.267
They have
stopped all procedures
01:21:48.400 --> 01:21:49.500
and spent the better part
01:21:49.633 --> 01:21:51.033
of the day canceling
appointments.
01:21:51.167 --> 01:21:53.100
- We are already
seeing mass chaos
01:21:53.233 --> 01:21:55.867
among OBGYN's,
emergency room physicians.
01:21:56.067 --> 01:21:59.333
OBGYNs who are sitting on
patients in emergency rooms
01:21:59.467 --> 01:22:00.733
while they bleed,
01:22:00.867 --> 01:22:02.900
while their vital
signs become unstable,
01:22:03.033 --> 01:22:04.800
while they're waiting
for hospital lawyers
01:22:04.933 --> 01:22:07.367
to decide is this
patient sick enough?
01:22:07.500 --> 01:22:10.367
- We've been waiting to
open the door for 50 years.
01:22:10.500 --> 01:22:11.767
Now that the door is open,
01:22:11.900 --> 01:22:15.300
we go to every state
and the Congress
01:22:15.433 --> 01:22:17.367
and the territories.
01:22:17.500 --> 01:22:19.967
(phone ringing)
(pensive music)
01:22:20.100 --> 01:22:22.533
- [Caller] I get a call
from the doctor himself
01:22:22.667 --> 01:22:25.667
and he says, hey,
everything has changed.
01:22:25.800 --> 01:22:27.800
We cannot help you anymore.
01:22:27.933 --> 01:22:29.433
- [Caller] Just pull over.
01:22:29.567 --> 01:22:31.500
I can't even function
right now. (crying)
01:22:31.633 --> 01:22:33.367
(phone ringing)
01:22:33.500 --> 01:22:34.500
- [Caller] I don't really
know how to start this
01:22:34.633 --> 01:22:35.933
but I'm six weeks pregnant
01:22:36.067 --> 01:22:38.433
and I had an abortion
appointment tomorrow
01:22:38.567 --> 01:22:42.633
and things got shut down.
01:22:42.767 --> 01:22:46.567
- [Caller] I found that pill
site that you told me about.
01:22:46.700 --> 01:22:48.933
- Since you are in a
state where it is banned,
01:22:49.067 --> 01:22:51.300
you don't wanna put
them in vaginally
01:22:51.433 --> 01:22:52.667
because if something happened
01:22:52.800 --> 01:22:54.600
and you went
into the hospital,
01:22:54.733 --> 01:22:56.400
we don't want to have
anything that they can tell
01:22:56.533 --> 01:22:58.567
that you actually
took medication.
01:22:59.933 --> 01:23:01.700
Here's one, my mom
tried these sites,
01:23:01.833 --> 01:23:03.400
which one will ship directly
to a restricted state.
01:23:03.533 --> 01:23:04.967
We ordered from
Abortion RX Friday
01:23:05.100 --> 01:23:06.500
and they refunded the money.
01:23:06.633 --> 01:23:08.367
But it looks like Abortion RX
01:23:08.500 --> 01:23:10.833
is not prescribing to the
banned states anymore.
01:23:10.967 --> 01:23:13.000
So I gotta let
Francine know that.
01:23:14.167 --> 01:23:16.900
- Okay.
(notification beeps)
01:23:17.033 --> 01:23:19.000
(pensive music)
01:23:19.133 --> 01:23:21.367
(phone ringing)
01:23:21.500 --> 01:23:23.900
- [Caller] I work
for a tribal clinic.
01:23:25.467 --> 01:23:28.100
We're reverting back
to a law from 1849.
01:23:30.067 --> 01:23:32.933
Abortion is against
the law in the state.
01:23:33.067 --> 01:23:34.600
It is a felony.
01:23:34.733 --> 01:23:37.567
Our doctors said, order it,
01:23:37.700 --> 01:23:39.833
regardless of what
our attorneys,
01:23:39.967 --> 01:23:41.900
our legal counsel says.
- I would try, yeah.
01:23:42.033 --> 01:23:43.867
- [Caller] Order
it, but we can't,
01:23:44.000 --> 01:23:46.333
so far we can't purchase it.
01:23:46.467 --> 01:23:47.833
I'm trying.
01:23:47.967 --> 01:23:50.733
- And I might talk to
other tribal clinics
01:23:50.867 --> 01:23:53.000
and find out what other
people are hearing.
01:23:53.133 --> 01:23:54.733
You know,
if you band together,
01:23:54.867 --> 01:23:56.567
I think that's a good
idea, like you said.
01:23:56.700 --> 01:23:58.067
- Exactly.
- Yeah.
01:23:58.200 --> 01:24:02.033
(pensive music)
(rain pattering)
01:24:02.167 --> 01:24:03.867
- When I was on, on Friday,
01:24:04.000 --> 01:24:06.533
I was doing nothing else
except answering the hotline,
01:24:06.667 --> 01:24:08.100
the phone calls and the texts.
01:24:11.233 --> 01:24:13.000
Prescribing
across state lines,
01:24:13.133 --> 01:24:15.833
they'll have a warrant out
for my arrest for murder
01:24:15.967 --> 01:24:18.000
in Texas and other places.
01:24:18.133 --> 01:24:19.933
But I don't
mind not going there
01:24:20.067 --> 01:24:22.633
as long as (beep)
will protect me
01:24:22.767 --> 01:24:25.900
from being extradited
and sent to those states.
01:24:26.033 --> 01:24:29.100
And I really don't wanna spend
the rest of my life in jail.
01:24:29.700 --> 01:24:31.233
This is not established law.
01:24:31.367 --> 01:24:32.567
There are no precedents.
01:24:32.700 --> 01:24:34.133
So let's make them.
01:24:34.267 --> 01:24:36.067
Let's push the boundaries.
01:24:36.200 --> 01:24:39.567
We're asking you to try and
protect us as much as you can.
01:24:39.700 --> 01:24:41.533
And they're like,
01:24:41.667 --> 01:24:43.133
well, we can't do it because
then people might be misled
01:24:43.267 --> 01:24:44.267
in thinking that
this is okay to do
01:24:44.400 --> 01:24:45.600
or we don't need this yet.
01:24:45.733 --> 01:24:47.533
And that's really frustrating
01:24:47.667 --> 01:24:49.567
'cause we're just gonna
build capacity in New York
01:24:49.700 --> 01:24:51.467
so people can come to
New York and you're like,
01:24:51.600 --> 01:24:55.467
no, people who are poor
do not have the resources.
01:24:55.600 --> 01:24:57.467
Even if you give them
the money to travel,
01:24:57.600 --> 01:24:59.200
they have jobs,
they have families,
01:24:59.333 --> 01:25:00.633
they can't get like a,
01:25:00.767 --> 01:25:02.633
they just can't take
a leave of absence.
01:25:02.767 --> 01:25:04.267
You can't take a
leave of absence
01:25:04.400 --> 01:25:06.633
from three part-time
jobs making minimum wage
01:25:06.767 --> 01:25:09.600
to be able to go get an
abortion in New York.
01:25:11.400 --> 01:25:13.133
We used to say, oh, Roe
will never get overturned.
01:25:13.267 --> 01:25:14.233
Well, it did.
01:25:14.367 --> 01:25:17.233
There's a
very real possibility
01:25:17.367 --> 01:25:21.067
that if our government
gets a Republican president
01:25:21.200 --> 01:25:23.400
and they get back the
House and the Senate,
01:25:23.533 --> 01:25:26.167
that they will ban abortion
across the United States.
01:25:26.633 --> 01:25:29.400
(pensive music)
01:25:36.300 --> 01:25:39.733
(pensive music continues)
01:25:46.767 --> 01:25:48.467
- Bye.
- Bye, see you later.
01:25:48.600 --> 01:25:53.633
(pensive music)
(car door shuts)
01:25:55.967 --> 01:25:58.933
- Today we're here to
meet with the entire group
01:25:59.800 --> 01:26:03.100
of intrepid providers
01:26:03.233 --> 01:26:05.733
who come from literally
all over the world.
01:26:05.867 --> 01:26:08.767
(classical music)
01:26:09.867 --> 01:26:11.767
- People are now just scared,
01:26:11.900 --> 01:26:13.767
they're afraid they
will go to jail.
01:26:13.900 --> 01:26:19.100
It now immediately became
like this big secret.
01:26:19.233 --> 01:26:21.600
And that is I think
the biggest thing
01:26:21.733 --> 01:26:23.267
that this decision has caused.
01:26:23.400 --> 01:26:26.433
And I think that we
need to do everything,
01:26:26.567 --> 01:26:30.133
everything to turn
that around again.
01:26:30.267 --> 01:26:33.300
(reflective music)
01:26:34.600 --> 01:26:36.233
- Especially the
younger generation,
01:26:36.367 --> 01:26:38.467
where they get the information
from is social media
01:26:38.600 --> 01:26:40.733
and we are having
a serious problem
01:26:40.867 --> 01:26:42.567
with the social
media blackout.
01:26:42.700 --> 01:26:46.233
They will remove posts that
we write about abortion.
01:26:46.367 --> 01:26:47.867
I think
Plan C's site went down,
01:26:48.000 --> 01:26:50.100
Aid Access' site went down.
01:26:50.233 --> 01:26:51.867
- We're spending
way too much time
01:26:52.000 --> 01:26:55.433
just trying to fight every
single time we get shut down.
01:26:55.567 --> 01:26:57.733
- Is it all the platforms?
- Yeah, pretty much.
01:26:57.867 --> 01:26:58.867
- [Interviewer] And
you're finding that, too.
01:26:59.000 --> 01:27:00.433
And when you say shut down,
01:27:00.567 --> 01:27:02.400
you mean they just like-
- They take it off.
01:27:02.533 --> 01:27:03.800
(pensive music)
01:27:03.933 --> 01:27:05.467
(ladies
indistinctly chattering)
01:27:05.600 --> 01:27:07.800
- So should I give a speech?
- Yes, yes!
01:27:07.933 --> 01:27:08.967
(glass clinking)
01:27:09.100 --> 01:27:10.800
- We met all
for the first time
01:27:10.933 --> 01:27:12.467
since we worked together,
01:27:12.600 --> 01:27:16.167
which is amazing that we
have been a virtual team
01:27:16.300 --> 01:27:17.500
for more than a year.
01:27:17.633 --> 01:27:21.933
I mean, it's so
exciting, so empowering,
01:27:22.067 --> 01:27:23.533
so hopeful
01:27:25.600 --> 01:27:26.800
to be doing this together.
01:27:26.933 --> 01:27:28.633
- Yes.
- Yeah.
01:27:28.767 --> 01:27:29.633
- Amen.
- Cheers.
01:27:29.767 --> 01:27:31.967
(ladies exclaiming)
01:27:32.100 --> 01:27:33.367
I just have to say,
01:27:33.500 --> 01:27:35.667
Francine,
you are the connector.
01:27:35.800 --> 01:27:37.367
If it weren't for you,
we wouldn't be here.
01:27:37.500 --> 01:27:38.600
- Yeah.
- So.
01:27:38.733 --> 01:27:39.767
- Thank you, Francine.
- Yes.
01:27:39.900 --> 01:27:40.767
- Thanks, everybody.
01:27:40.900 --> 01:27:41.933
It takes the village!
01:27:42.067 --> 01:27:44.033
We built the village.
(group clapping)
01:27:44.167 --> 01:27:46.100
May I add something
to that, Rebecca?
01:27:46.233 --> 01:27:47.433
- Yes.
- Oh, you go, girl.
01:27:47.567 --> 01:27:48.967
- Francine!
- Yeah?
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- Look at the moment where
we are in the United States.
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It's a shit show.
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It's a horror show
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in terms of
access to abortion.
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And yet!
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Thanks to you, thanks to
you around this table...
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(reflective music)
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There's a whole new
option that is real.
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- Miscarriage management
everywhere in the US
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where there's red states.
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We do abortions in
the other states,
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but the miscarriage management
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in the other states.
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- I just, I don't like this
idea of going to the devious,
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this is miscarriage,
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when there's a
legitimate way to do it.
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- I still think we haven't
gotten the good language
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for what you
are as opposed to-
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- Facilitator.
- The aider and abetter!
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- If someone is
in Massachusetts,
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until all of their
like surrounding states
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also get shield laws,
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it's sort of like,
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can you travel out
of Massachusetts?
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I mean it's
all risk tolerance.
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- Now our biggest goal
is to get the word out
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about access
in the red states.
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- We are demanding of
our lawmakers to say,
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we need you to protect
us to do what's right.
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- Yeah, right.
- What we took an oath to do.
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- The fear that people have,
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is somebody gonna watch
me when I come back,
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if I bring the
pills back to Texas?
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Where do I have to take them?
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All these questions
are terrorizing people.
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- When fear happens,
as we know it,
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and abortion is the
perfect example,
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it becomes word of mouth.
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Who do you trust that you ask?
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Let me explain to you
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a little bit about
how this works.
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- The message I want to convey
is that we are everywhere
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and if I am
arrested and jailed,
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there will be 10 people
behind me to do this work.
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And if those are jailed,
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then there will be a
hundred people behind them.
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- If we just minimally
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do an accurate
threat assessment,
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I really do think our
victory is inevitable.
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- Station a police officer at
my mailbox like, I dare you.
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You know, do it to all
the mailboxes in Texas.
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You know, good luck.
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- You make your decisions
and it forms your life.
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It forms your story.
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It's not something that anyone
should be ashamed of anymore.
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- I wanted to make the
decision for myself,
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what's best for me right now
and my situation. (crying)
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- [Caller] Every
time I talk about it,
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it makes me feel a
little bit better.
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- [Caller] It's just
nice to be heard
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and it's nice to tell
my story on this.
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- [Caller] Whether you
feel guilty, shame, joy,
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all of the emotions that
you can have, they're normal
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and other people are
having them, too.
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You're not alone.
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(dramatic music)
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("Some Of Us Are Brave"
by Danielle Ponder)
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- [Reporter] The abortion
pill is now becoming known
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as Plan C.
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- So we're already seeing
a huge increase in demand
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for these services.
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- I wanna show
you how easy it is
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and safe it is by
taking it myself.
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- You're taking it,
are you? (laughs)
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- Plan C, the way they
did it was they did it
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in a form of an example.
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There's a woman named Sarah.
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She wants to get abortion
pills from another state.
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She has to get a
mailbox in another state
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where they
could send the pills.
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They made it to the Colorado
address Tuesday evening.
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I had the pills a
day later, yeah.
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- What people in the US can do
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is that they make sure that
they have the abortion pills
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at home for when they need it
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or when a friend needs it.
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There's no way that those
pills can be stopped.