Episode 136: The Discussion We Want To Have Around Abortion

It's one of the most polarizing topics of our time, and one the Democrats plan to use to help sway voters to re-elect President Joe Biden: Abortion. From "the right to life" movement on the right to the "reproductive rights" movement on the left, the opposite ends of the spectrum seem to yell the loudest in the conversation. While we have discussed abortion in an episode after Roe V. Wade was overturned, more from the constitutional scholars' response to the ruling, we haven't really taken a deeper dive into the topic. But we wanted to have this conversation without the noise, beyond the two warring opinions, to educate, to identify fact versus fiction (ie--Abortions have actually not decreased nationally since Roe V. Wade was overturned), and to turn our focus to the woman who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant in a world that is often encouraging abortion rather than educating her in and supporting her on all of her options. In this episode, we interview Erica Spivey, someone who works with an organization who is doing just that. She sheds light on what's really happening in the world of unplanned pregnancies and why it is vital that we truly understand the options and the consequences of them, and that we come alongside to love, support, and educate the women who must choose.