Katie Couric Is Taking on Abortion
glamour.comRoe, instant abortion bans will go into affect in Missouri—and in over half of all U.S. states. Illinois is tens of thousands of people seeking abortions from out of state.
The minority of states where abortion remains legal are for the demand. And for many women, travel just won't be feasible. “I think this should be a wakeup call: Whether you’re talking about abortion or you’re talking about gun rights, a minority of the population is dictating how the majority of us [will] live," Couric tells Glamour. “Now they’re moving to stop things like the morning after pill or IUDs." She compared the situation to Margaret Atwood's , in which women are enslaved and forced to bear children.
Couric has interviewed world leaders, used her platform to radically destigmatize cancer screenings, and given Facebook a public concerning misinformation.
Now in a new podcast, a six-part series entitled, “Abortion: The Body Politic," she aims to help Americans—the majority of whom believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases—understand the state of abortion in this country. “There’s so much information coming at people that they haven’t realized this creeping trend of reducing reproductive rights and how it’s been going on, state by state by state by state,” she says.
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