Two weeks ago my group presented a presentation on Abortion Rights and Access. I was very excited to share because it had a ton of important information. I think my whole group was a little nervous presenting but if every other group could do it do could we. I researched and found all the statistics and laws that we were going to put in the presentation. The research process was easy because the internet contains so much information about abortion statistics. When researching all the laws having to do with abortion I got upset because our government is fighting against women and I don’t think that’s fair. Everyone should be entitled to the health care they deserve including abortions.

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On January 26th our group met with Diane Macias who is the Patient Navigation Director at Planned Parenthood. She is based in Florida so out interview took place over zoom. As a Patient navigator she help patients find a clinic and cover any cost for gas,food, hotel room, and anything else they might need to get to the clinic. This is important because do to restrictions some states might have it can be extremely hard to find an abortion and sometime you might even have to travel out of state.

Texas had a bunch of laws that make it hard for Diane to do her job. She also talked about the Mississippi SB 8 law that says you cant get an abortion after 15 weeks and is trying to overturn Roe v Wade. Laws like this is why Diane’s job is so important. It can be extremely hard for a women to find an abortion and gather the resources she need when her state is working against her.

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On Tuesday, Febuary 1st my group inerviewed Vivian Silva on her views on abortion. Her pro life views are a very important perspective for our topic because to help the pro-choice side we needed to better understand that other point of view. She was our first por-life interview and something she said were a litle frusterating. She told us the reasoning behind her beliefs.

She belives that with action comes consequence and if you make the dissision do have sex you have to deal with the consequnces that can be a baby. She also was walkin about how its a life life isint true medically its just a bunch of cells. When we aked her about what is the female was raped she said that if it was a minor then they should get an abortion but if it was an adult then the female should put the baby up for adoption. She said that putting the baby up for adoption was the best option .

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On Monday, January 31st our group interviewed Jane Kaufman. Jane is the Inerim Associate Medical Director of some of the Planned Parenthoods in New York. She does abortions but most of the time she overseas them at multiple locations. She plays a very important role in Planned Parenthood and with poeple seeking to get an abortion. She provids abortion clinics with the resources and certification they need to provide the procedure.

Our main reason for interviewing her was to learn more about the medical aspect. We asked her a lot a different medical questions. She told us that abortions ultimatly have no long term affects or downsides and they are 100% safe unless there are other complications having to do with the patient. Jane told us there are different aspects that determine the type of abortion that the patient gets. The Type of a abortion most of the time has to do with the age of the fetus. She also shared that the texas laws basically give 1-2 weeks for the female to find out if shes pregnat and isint even able to get an abortion after shes missed her first period becuase the time has ran out.

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On Thursday, January 27th our group interveiwed Yael Goverover on her experience getting an abortion. This is important to us because she shared information with us that we wouldnt be able to look up or find on wikipedia. There isn’t much I can say becuase I want to respect her privacy.

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