Civic Special - Crossing State Lines for Abortion Access

The California Constitution guarantees abortion access. More people are traveling here to access reproductive health care as their own states pass aggressive laws to prohibit abortion. This episode is a recording of our March 2 live event at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco featuring a conversation with Diana Greene Foster and Mariana Horne about the current state of reproductive health care in the United States. The panel followed a showing of the short film "Red, White and Blue" and the documentary "Trump's War on Women."

Episode 451 of the Civic podcast, hosted by Lila LaHood, Lisa Rudman, Teo Valadez-Flynn, Mel Baker, titled "Civic Special - Crossing State Lines for Abortion Access" was published on March 18, 2026 and runs 58 minutes.

March 18, 2026 ·58m · Civic

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About the panelists

Diana Greene Foster is a demographer and professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She studies the causes and consequences of unwanted pregnancy and is part of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health — commonly known as ANSIRH — which is a research program at UCSF.

Foster was named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow and is the author of the 2020 book “The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women and the Consequences of Having — or Being Denied — an Abortion.” She has recently published a study updating her earlier research.

Mariana Horne is the Outreach and Education Coordinator at ACCESS Reproductive Justice, California’s statewide abortion fund. Her work has been recognized by large institutions for its impact in reproductive health education.

As part of the movement-building team, Horne works at the intersection of community education and direct service support, removing barriers to abortion care and advancing reproductive justice teachings across California and nationwide.