Molly Longman

“For many people in Texas, it’s already like living in a post-Roe world.”

“No matter where you go, you bring your problems with you.”

“No matter where you go, you bring your problems with you.”

A workplace “filter” is the verbal apparatus that allows you to answer the question “How was your weekend?” with “lovely, thank you” instead of “horrific, my dog died.”

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We spoke to five such people about how abortion access changed their lives, how we got to this moment, and all of the feelings — yes, both complicated and not — that they have about abortion.

“Being angry is absolutely okay, DeGeare says. “This is a really appropriate thing to be angry about. I would first validate your feelings.”

Although it’s unclear how long the stopgaps on the abortion bans will hold, one thing is for sure: They’ll make a definite difference in the lives of hundreds of people.

Most activists care so much about the issues they’re working on that they’ll go above and beyond for them, at times to their own detriment.

From Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations to Seize The Yay.