Part One: This Ain't No White Women's Movement

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11/14/24 • 35 min

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

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Learn more about Marie Leaner

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Watch: The Janes (HBO)

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

For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow @natalstories on Twitter and Instagram.

Learn more about Marie Leaner

Learn more about Kwajelyn Jackson

Watch: The Janes (HBO)

Use code NATAL15 for 15% off at baby-yams.com

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

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NATAL returns Thursday, November 14.

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Part Two: The Real on Pregnancy and Privacy

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

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

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