Part Four: The Abortion Stories We Need

In our season finale, we pass the microphone to U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) and reproductive justice activist, abortion storyteller and writer Renee Bracey-Sherman for a heartfelt discussion about the stories we tell, believe and redefine about our bodies and abortions. The two discuss their own abortion experiences, the moments in pop culture that shaped their understandings of pregnancy, what local abortion wins (shoutout Missouri!) mean for the future of care and so much more. This episode also features abortion doula, community organizer and reproductive justice consultant Ash Williams, who narrates an excerpt from WHOLE, a narrative for abortion freedom.For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow @natalstories on Twitter and Instagram.Learn more about:Congresswoman Cori Bush and her abortion testimony before CongressRenee Bracey-Sherman and her book Liberating AbortionAsh WilliamsWHOLESpecial thanks to Erica M. Freeman from Sisters in Loss, as well as Sarah Idrissu and Marina Chafa.Use code NATAL15 for 15% off all baby quilts and home goods at baby-yams.com 

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NATAL passes the mic to Black families to hear all about their journey to parenthood in their own words. Our second season follows four parents in rural Mississippi, Iowa and Hawaii as they birth new lives and legacies exactly where they are. Interwoven by narrative interludes, this 10-part story album features the birthworkers, medical professionals and advocates caring for Black rural families at every stage of pregnancy and beyond.