Name: Sonia Stomberg-Firestein

Social Justice Group: Abortion Rights and Access

Date of Fieldwork: January 31, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s): Sexual Reproductive Health Facility

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

We met with an abortion provider and expert. She works in the medical field of a sexual reproductive health facility. She oversees abortions at multiple clinics, as well as performing them sometimes too. She plays a really important role in abortions. She is the physician that provides the tools and certifications for clinics to be able to perform abortions and other critical procedures.

During the interview we got to ask her some important medical questions. She provided some really interesting information. She said that abortions, regardless of which type you get, doesn’t have a permanent medical effect on patients. She also told us about what determines a patient for one type of abortion instead of another. The recommended type of abortion has to do with the gestational age (the age of the pregnancy). This was only some of the insightful information that she provided.