How abortion access shapes America

This is a special bonus edition of MSNBC Daily [VIEW IN BROWSER]( MSNBC DAILY SPECIAL EDITION Saturday, Nov. 02, 2024 ONE IN FOUR: HOW ABORTION ACCESS SHAPES AMERICA [Alternate text] This special edition of the MSNBC Daily newsletter spotlights one of the most pressing and galvanizing issues of the 2024 election. While abortion is on the ballot in 10 states, it’s clear this election will have a tremendous and possibly immediate impact on abortion access and reproductive rights in this country. What that means on an individual level varies widely, defying stereotypes and stigma. [Our series]( was commissioned to illustrate the many different ways “reproductive care” manifests itself across America. And these six stories represent, through various lenses, the 1 in 4 women in the United States who have received or will receive some form of abortion care in their lifetimes. Some women who share their stories below are health care providers, some have required or were denied vital care. All speak in powerful ways about the importance of a medical system that acknowledges our right to vital health care, and warn of what happens when we don’t have it. — Clarissa Pharr, senior editor THE ESSAYS [Alternate text] [SEN. EVA BURCH]( [Why I won’t ever stop sharing my abortion story]( My abortion took place less than three weeks before the ultra-conservative Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-complete abortion ban that dates back to 1864. [Read More]( [DR. NIKKI ZITE]( [I’ve spent years working as an OB-GYN in Tennessee. These abortion stories still stick with me.]( Shortly after the Dobbs decision, I got a call from a longtime patient telling me that her 16-year-old daughter had gotten pregnant and that she had taken her to North Carolina for an abortion. [Read More]( [HAJIME WHITE]( [I don’t want anyone to experience the kind of teen pregnancy I had. That’s why I became a doula.]( No educational books, pamphlets or doctor’s office literature could have prepared me for the trauma that would stay with me for the rest of my life. [Read More]( [SARAH ELAINE HARRISON]( [I don’t regret having an abortion. But I do regret not talking about it.]( If abortion care had been as normalized as any other health care, efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade might have faced greater resistance. [Read More]( [DR. KAVITA PATEL]( [I’m a physician. Texas’ strict abortion law crosses a deadly line.]( Texas’ abortion ban creates significant barriers for both patients and providers, who risk severe consequences for offering, or in some cases even discussing, abortion services. [Read More]( [DANIELLE CAMPOAMOR]( [How abortion bans overcomplicate the lives of pregnant mothers like me]( I knew moving to a rural South Dakota town with a high risk pregnancy would be complicated. But no one could have prepared me for all the challenges. [Read More](   Download the MSNBC App: 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 [PRIVACY]( | [CONTACT]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE](listvar=sub_daily)