Name: Lily Rosenthal

Social Justice Group: 2022-2023, Reproductive Rights/Abortion

Date of Fieldwork: February 13, 2023

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Tour of Planned Parenthood

Type of Fieldwork: Tour of Organization

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

On Monday, February 13, we walked over to the Planned Parenthood near us. Walking over to the facility, we could not even tell what it was. It looked almost like a school or office. There was secrecy in both parts of the building that had been added after more protesters started coming around. Walking around the facility, it was bare and unwelcoming and looked like it lacked funding. We saw operating rooms and learned about how the procedure is done. We then walked over to the post-op room and saw chairs lined up with little to no privacy. At the end of the tour, we got to learn about how patients have to prepare and the protocol they have to follow when getting an abortion. It was a really interesting and eye-opening experience that helped a lot with our project.