A look back at groundbreaking reproductive health work in the East Bay
As we near the end of 2023\u2026 we find abortion rights at the forefront of the news\u2026\xa0
Of course, these aren\u2019t necessarily new conversations being had\u2026 the ongoing battle between those in support of abortion and reproductive rights\u2026 and those against\u2026 have been happening for a long, long time\u2026
But with the overturning of Roe versus Wade in 2022\u2026 and more recently, challenges to abortion bans in states like Texas and Arizona\u2026 the landscape of abortion access is once more in focus\u2026 with many questioning what the future will hold\u2026
So, is it possible to find answers by looking back? Back to a time when underground forms of healthcare had to step in for legal care\u2026 back to a time when community members were the ones turned to for reproductive help\u2026 back to a time where a women\u2019s clinic in Oakland became the nexus of health, well-being, and of groundbreaking \u2018deep care\u2019...
We are going on a bit of a history journey\u2026 and speaking with Angela Hume.. author of Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open\u2026 feminist historian, critic, poet\u2026 you also teach writing at UC Berkeley\u2026
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