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How We’ll Save Abortion: A Must-Listen with Jessica Valenti
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How We’ll Save Abortion: A Must-Listen with Jessica Valenti

353. How We’ll Save Abortion: A Must-Listen with Jessica Valenti
Amanda, Glennon and Abby sit down with award-winning writer and activist Jessica Valenti to discuss the state of abortion rights in the United States. 

Discover: 
-The staggering statistic revealing overwhelming public support for abortion in America
-Why the anti-choice movement is desperate to keep abortion off the ballot
-Why abortion is a litmus test for the future of democracy in America
-The exodus of doctors from anti-choice states and the rise in maternal mortality rates. 

More on Jessica:  Jessica Valenti is an award-winning author and activist. She’s the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller Sex Object: A Memoir. Her groundbreaking anthology, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, paved the way for legislation of the same name, setting what’s now considered the gold standard for sexual consent. Jessica has also been credited with sparking feminism’s online wave by founding the trailblazing blog Feministing. She’s been a columnist for The Guardian and The Nation, and her writing has been published everywhere from The New York Times and The Atlantic to Bitch magazine and The Toast. After the demise of Roe, Jessica founded Abortion, Every Day, an urgent synthesis of anything and everything happening with abortion rights in the United States. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.

More about Jessica’s Work: 
-https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/772254/abortion-by-jessica-valenti/
-https://jessica.substack.com/

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