TFMR: Disability & Abortion

Hello, and welcome to today's episode.

Our guest is Mara Clarke. Mara is an abortion activist, mum and disabled woman. She founded Abortion Support Network which supports those who need to travel for an abortion from across Europe.

We discuss Channel 4's documentary titled Disability and Abortion: The Hardest Choice, aired at the end of the summer.

Does ending a pregnancy due to detected fetal abnormality amount to disability discrimination? No, of course not. Once again, this is a case of trying to simplify a complex and nuanced situation.

Mara and I then get into deeper conversations about abortion, what it means to be pro-choice, how TFMR intersects with all of this, etc, etc.

It's a rich and fast moving conversation, hold on to your seats folks!

And I will say, listen to your instincts about whether to listen to this episode or not. I am very aware of what the word abortion can bring up for TFMR parents, and we use it a lot in this episode.

You can find Mara on Instagram @mara.k.clarke and Abortion Support Network @abortionsupportnetwork

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