0:00

Bioscience is a clean science

0:02

skincare brand. All formulas are

0:04

ultra hydrating, formulated for sensitive

0:07

skin, vegan, and for

0:09

all skin types. I'm a

0:11

fan of the brand because not

0:13

only are they scientifically proven, but

0:15

they're also among the few beauty

0:17

brands who are part of Sephora's

0:20

exclusive Clean and Planet Aware program.

0:22

Shop their best-selling and award-winning Marine

0:24

Algae Eye Cream and Omega Repair

0:26

Cream. Shop Bioscience exclusively at Sephora.

0:28

Need new glasses or want a

0:31

fresh new style? Warby Parker has

0:33

you covered. Glasses start at just

0:36

$95, including anti-reflective, scratch-resistant prescription lenses that

0:38

block 100% of UV rays. Every

0:42

frame's designed in-house, with a huge selection

0:44

of styles for every face shape. And

0:47

with Warby Parker's free Home Try-On program,

0:49

you can order five pairs to try

0:51

at home for free. Shipping is free

0:53

both ways, too. Go to warbyparker.com/covered to

0:56

try five pairs of frames at home

0:58

for free. warbyparker.com/covered. What does every grocery

1:00

store aisle now have in common? Products

1:02

that come in paper packaging. And we

1:05

don't just mean the obvious ones like

1:07

cereal boxes and juice cartons. From beauty

1:09

products to boxed water, there are

1:11

more opportunities to go paper-terrian than ever

1:13

before. So why should you?

1:16

Because paper comes from a renewable resource and

1:18

can be recycled up to seven times. Simply

1:21

put, it's the smart choice

1:23

for the environment. And it

1:25

turns out, the easiest choice

1:27

for you. Learn more at

1:29

howlifefunfolds.com/paper-terrian. Everywhere you look, things are

1:32

getting more expensive. So at

1:34

Consumer Cellular, we're lowering the price for

1:36

those 50 and up. Now

1:38

you can get unlimited talk, text, and data

1:40

for $30 a line when you

1:42

buy two. That's just $60 a month for

1:44

two unlimited lines. So if you're 50 and

1:47

up, make the switch and save. Come on,

1:49

you've earned this. Call 1-888-FREEDOM

1:51

or visit consumercellular.com today. Requires two

1:53

lines of service, age validation and

1:55

credit approval, subject to system and

1:57

area limits, taxes and other fees

1:59

apply. Ready Ready to

2:01

start talking to your kids about financial literacy?

2:04

Meet Greenlight, the debit card and

2:06

money app that teaches kids and teens

2:09

how to earn, save, spend wisely, and

2:11

invest with your guardrails in place. With Greenlight, you

2:13

can send instant money transfers, set up chores,

2:14

Parents can send instant money transfers,

2:16

automate allowance, and more. Plus, keep

2:18

an eye on spending with real-time

2:20

notifications. Join millions of parents and kids building healthy Join more than 6

2:23

million parents and kids building healthy

2:25

financial habits together on Greenlight. Get

2:27

your first month free at

2:30

greenlight.com/ACAST. Hey everyone, it's

2:32

Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress. Welcome

2:48

back to Work in Progress, Whipsmarties

2:50

and friends. I am really excited

2:52

to bring you a special episode

2:54

today. It's no secret

2:56

to any of you who lives in this

2:59

country or is engaging in what is happening

3:01

in this country that our

3:03

rights are under attack. These

3:06

conversations we're having are about

3:09

our autonomy, about science, medicine, and

3:11

healthcare certainly. And they're also incredibly

3:13

personal because they're about pregnancy,

3:15

pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and abortion. And

3:17

so I just want to offer a

3:20

trigger warning to anyone. If

3:22

these are sensitive subjects for you, I hope you

3:24

can stay to hear from the VP.

3:28

But if it feels hard or overwhelming, I

3:31

just wanted to give you a warning and of

3:33

course say take care of yourself first and foremost.

3:36

And in the wake of recent tragedies,

3:38

namely the death of Amber Nicole Thurman

3:40

in Georgia, a young mother

3:42

with a six-year-old son who

3:45

went into the hospital needing

3:47

a D&C and was not

3:49

treated. She was held in the hospital for

3:51

20 hours until she went into septic shock. And

3:54

by the time doctors operated on her, it

3:56

was too late. The sepsis had gone too far

3:59

and she passed away. And

4:01

she's not the only one. Women in

4:03

this country are dying because of the

4:05

abortion bans that have been instituted across

4:07

the country by Donald Trump and

4:10

his Supreme Court judges and

4:12

seeing medical boards say

4:15

with absolute conviction these

4:18

deaths were preventable but

4:20

these women were killed because doctors

4:22

are absolutely terrified to do their

4:24

duties to follow their Hippocratic oaths

4:26

and to save lives because

4:28

the Republican Party in America is threatening to

4:30

jail them for providing health care. I am

4:34

apoplectic and heartbroken

4:37

and I've decided to dig

4:39

into the archives today for

4:43

you because a lot of people have said

4:45

how could this have happened? They said this

4:47

wouldn't happen. They said it would never get

4:49

this bad. And I

4:51

say this with no pride. I

4:54

say this with extreme sadness. Those of

4:57

us who have been fighting these issues

5:00

have been screaming from the rooftops

5:02

that this would happen. We were

5:04

called hysterical. We were told we

5:06

were overreacting and we

5:09

weren't. We're killing people in

5:11

our country because of

5:13

politics and it's devastating. And

5:15

when I'm devastated I

5:18

look to the ones who give

5:20

me hope and one of the

5:22

people who's given me hope as

5:25

a Californian for many years in

5:27

many elected offices is Kamala

5:30

Harris. Our Vice President has

5:32

been incredible as my state's Attorney

5:34

General, as a United States Senator.

5:38

And as the Vice President she has centered

5:41

women and families in her policy.

5:43

She has chosen to advocate on

5:45

behalf of our rights, understanding

5:48

that our liberty is bound together for

5:50

women, for black women, for pregnant women,

5:52

for the LGBTQ community, for trans

5:55

folks. Our autonomy

5:58

is being attacked. And over

6:00

the last couple of years, I've had the

6:02

incredible privilege of traveling the country with the

6:04

vice president on her reproductive freedoms tour. She

6:07

has taken time out of

6:09

her schedule regularly to meet with

6:11

people in every state to

6:14

talk about what's at stake here. And

6:17

in 2022, I was lucky enough to travel

6:19

with her to Bryn Mawr College. And

6:22

in 2024, I was able to visit

6:24

San Jose with her and her team

6:26

has graciously sent us

6:28

the audio from those interviews. And

6:31

we have decided to cut it into an election

6:33

special for all of you today because in my

6:36

mind, there is just

6:39

no greater fight. We

6:42

can't fight about the economy if we're not alive. We

6:45

can't better our schools if our children are

6:47

parentless. We can't change

6:49

America for the better and

6:51

continue to create more access

6:54

to freedom and empowerment and

6:56

opportunity for people if we're

6:59

not alive. So let's

7:02

take a little journey through the

7:04

last two years with Vice President

7:06

Kamala Harris and understand

7:09

why this fight is so personal to her. For

7:13

this first section of audio, you will

7:15

be coming into the auditorium at Bryn

7:17

Mawr College with myself and Vice President

7:19

Harris on October 28, 2022. At

7:23

this event, we were joined by Congresswoman

7:25

Mary Gaye Scanlon, by Admiral Rachel Levine,

7:28

and a number of other exceptional leaders

7:30

all standing up for our rights. This

7:35

is a razor's edge

7:37

moment in our country. It

7:39

is such an incredible, tenuous

7:42

moment in this fight for our rights, rights

7:44

that we have long considered to be settled

7:47

law. And I'm very

7:49

curious how, with the plethora of issues,

7:51

Madam Vice President, that you

7:54

face in the administration every

7:56

day, how have you dedicated

7:58

so much time to champion this issue

8:00

and why does it matter to you so much?

8:03

Let's start with from

8:07

childhood. So

8:09

you see I was raised, my sister and I

8:11

were raised by a mother who had two goals

8:13

in her life, to raise

8:15

her two daughters and to

8:17

end breast cancer. My

8:20

mother was a breast cancer researcher and

8:24

she was one of the very few women as

8:26

a scientist and certainly one of the fewest women

8:28

of color. And

8:31

she would come home at

8:33

night, you know, I

8:36

remember vividly, very

8:38

upset sometimes about how

8:40

women were being treated in the health care

8:42

system. She

8:44

was always speaking

8:47

up and fighting for the dignity of

8:49

women in the health

8:51

care system and in particular as it relates to

8:54

reproductive health. I mean a word,

8:56

a phrase that was often spoken at

8:58

the dinner table from my

9:00

childhood on was mammary gland. My

9:03

mother would talk about mammary glands, she would

9:05

talk about hormones, she

9:08

would talk about reproductive health care, about

9:11

how women should be treated in

9:14

a way that gives them not only

9:16

a dignity that they rightly are

9:18

due but also information

9:20

so that they can

9:22

exercise self-determination.

9:26

In the system and so that's, you

9:28

know, so from the earliest stage and then the majority

9:31

of my career before joining

9:33

the Senate was as a prosecutor and

9:36

when I was a courtroom prosecutor, my

9:39

specialty throughout those years was

9:41

on crimes affecting women and children and

9:44

crimes of violence. In fact, I specialized

9:46

in some of the most horrible cases

9:48

that you can imagine and

9:52

again it was always about fighting

9:55

for the dignity, the safety

9:57

and the well-being of women in

9:59

state. so many of those circumstances. But

10:02

to your point, I mean, look where we are. The

10:06

highest court in our land, the

10:09

United States Supreme Court just

10:12

took a constitutional

10:14

right that had been recognized

10:18

from the people of America, from

10:21

the women of America. And

10:23

you know, on this subject, I think it's

10:25

important to note that one

10:27

does not have to abandon their

10:29

faith or deeply

10:32

held beliefs to agree

10:35

the government should not

10:37

be making this decision for her. Oh.

10:39

Wow. But

10:46

what we are now seeing as a result of

10:48

the Dobbs decision are laws

10:50

that are being proposed and passed around our country

10:53

that would criminalize health care providers, literally

10:57

doctors, nurses, other health care providers,

10:59

send them to jail. You

11:02

know, as a practicing attorney, what

11:04

the consequence of that is, both

11:06

in terms of, I think, the

11:08

intent to intimidate and

11:10

instill fear in these health care professionals,

11:12

much less the intent to punish them.

11:16

What is happening with no exception

11:18

for rape or incest? And

11:20

again, I go back to my

11:23

professional career. You're

11:26

talking about individuals who, in

11:28

those cases, have experienced the

11:30

worst kind of act

11:32

of violence and violation to

11:35

their body. And

11:38

then these extremist so-called leaders would

11:41

dare to say and suggest that

11:45

that individual, furthermore,

11:48

will not have the right to

11:50

make decisions about what comes next as

11:52

it relates to their body. This

11:55

is immoral. It's

11:58

unconscionable. and

16:00

vegan and climate

16:02

neutral certified, I never

16:04

have to choose between my values and my

16:07

best skin. Like

16:09

I mentioned, Osea is mother, daughter

16:11

and women founded by my friends.

16:13

And they have been making clean, clinically

16:16

tested seaweed infused skincare for

16:18

over 28 years. So

16:22

upgrade your shower with clean vegan face

16:24

and body care from Osea. You

16:26

will get 10% off your

16:28

first order site-wide with code

16:30

WORK for work in progress at

16:34

oseamalibu.com. That's code

16:36

WORK at Osea, O-S-E-A,

16:38

malibu.com for 10% off. Plus

16:43

you'll get free samples with every order and

16:45

free shipping on all orders over $60. So

16:49

head to oseamalibu.com and use code WORK for

16:51

10% off today. This

16:55

is Dr. Laurie Santos from the Happiness Lab.

16:58

Many people have questions about how to improve levels

17:00

of happiness and there are a lot of

17:02

different ways. Happiness is unique to

17:04

each individual, but living a

17:07

healthy lifestyle is one sure way of increasing

17:09

happiness. And a good place to

17:11

start is with your oral health. Just

17:13

a few small changes to your oral care

17:15

routine, such as changing your toothpaste to Colgate

17:18

Total, can lead to beneficial changes in

17:20

your oral health. Colgate Total

17:22

helps stop oral health problems like gingivitis

17:24

and cavities before they start. Before

17:27

they start is an important part, because

17:29

preventing oral health problems is a lot easier

17:31

than treating them. So for

17:33

a happier, healthier you, use Colgate

17:35

Total and actively help prevent oral

17:37

health problems like gingivitis and cavities.

17:40

You'll be happy you did. Be

17:42

dentist ready and get Colgate

17:44

Total at shop.colgate.com/total. Looking for

17:47

the perfect night's sleep? Brooklyn

17:49

Bedding has you covered. With

17:51

over 25 years in the

17:53

mattress industry, Brooklyn Bedding combines

17:55

top-tier comfort and quality without

17:58

the hefty price tag. affairs

24:00

in each of the states. So

24:02

one of these colors is abortion

24:04

banned from conception with no exceptions.

24:07

One is banned from conception with an

24:09

exception for rape or incest. There's another

24:12

that is, let's

24:14

see, a six week ban, there's a 15 week

24:16

ban, there's an 18 week ban, there's a, you see what

24:18

I'm saying? This is the map

24:20

of the United States, in terms of the state

24:22

of affairs right now, which tells us a

24:25

lot of people are really confused. And

24:31

what I know happens when

24:33

folks are confused is it is

24:35

then an environment that is ripe

24:38

for misinformation, disinformation

24:40

and predatory behaviors. So

24:46

one of the reasons that what we

24:48

are doing this afternoon is important is

24:50

to uplift and

24:54

then send out accurate

24:56

information about the rights that people have and

24:58

where they can go for help. Because

25:02

there's another issue that is very much

25:04

at play here that I think has

25:06

to also be spoken, which

25:09

is the long standing

25:16

judgment associated with women's

25:18

sexuality. So

25:21

understand that. Understand

25:24

that, right? So what

25:26

is happening is that in this

25:28

environment, there it's

25:30

also thick with judgment, which

25:35

has the effect of making

25:38

the individual field embarrassed

25:40

or is meant to shame

25:42

her, but certainly will

25:45

make her feel alone. Which

25:49

is one of the greatest

25:52

tools that anyone has when they want

25:54

to take someone's power. So

25:58

we're looking at a situation. where

26:01

there are people all over our country

26:03

who right now are feeling very alone,

26:05

very confused,

26:10

and in that way feeling

26:12

helpless. And

26:15

that is another piece of this that

26:17

is so insidious about what is happening

26:19

right now in our country. And

26:23

it is why, especially to the students

26:25

who are here, I ask you

26:27

to please use all of the creative

26:29

ways that you have to

26:32

communicate with large numbers of people, to

26:36

remind people they are not alone, to

26:40

remind people they are not being

26:42

judged, to remind

26:44

them that we stand with them and

26:46

that there is so much support for

26:48

them. We have

26:50

to recognize

26:52

all of the layers of what is happening

26:54

right now because

26:57

there are very powerful

26:59

forces in our country who

27:02

are using the bully pulpit they have

27:05

to make people afraid,

27:07

to make people

27:10

feel small, and literally

27:12

to criminalize and punish people

27:15

for exercising self-determination.

27:19

And so this is a moment for all good people

27:22

to stand and speak. This

27:31

is Dr. Laurie Santos from the Happiness Lab.

27:34

Many people have questions about how to improve levels

27:37

of happiness, and there are a lot of

27:39

different ways. Happiness is unique

27:41

to each individual, but living

27:43

a healthy lifestyle is one sure way

27:45

of increasing happiness. And a good

27:47

place to start is with your oral health. Just

27:50

a few small changes to your oral care

27:52

routine, such as changing your toothpaste to Colgate

27:54

Total, can lead to beneficial changes in your

27:57

oral health. Colgate Total helps

27:59

stop oral health. problems like gingivitis

28:01

and cavities before they start. Before

28:03

they start is an important part, because

28:06

preventing oral health problems is a lot easier

28:08

than treating them. So for

28:10

a happier, healthier you, use Colgate

28:12

Total and actively help prevent oral

28:14

health problems like gingivitis and cavities.

28:16

You'll be happy you did. Be

28:19

dentist-ready and get Colgate Total at shop.colgate.com-total.

28:21

I've been struggling with my gut health

28:23

for years and years. I tried everything.

28:25

I mean everything without luck. But then

28:28

I stumbled upon the solution I've been

28:30

looking for. Coffee enemas. Yep, coffee enemas

28:32

from Happy Bum Co. And you know

28:34

what the best part is? It's all

28:37

natural. And I can do it at

28:39

home. When my friends started to notice

28:41

something was different, they were shocked when

28:44

I told them. I was literally glowing

28:46

from inside out. I had tons of

28:48

energy, my skin cleared, and my

28:50

gut issues were gone. Now they are

28:52

all hooked. Coffee enemas are my new

28:55

wellness tool. Thank goodness, Happy Bum has

28:57

made it so easy. After my naturopathic

28:59

doctor recommended them, I wasn't sure where

29:01

to start. Happy Bum has everything you

29:03

need to begin your coffee enema detox

29:06

journey. Their products are safe, organic, and

29:08

all natural. Trust me. It's a game

29:10

changer. If you are ready to transform

29:12

your health, visit happybumco.com and

29:15

use code GLOW for 15% off your

29:17

first bundle. Trust me, you'll feel

29:19

the difference. That's happybumco.com. I

29:21

promise you, you won't regret

29:23

it. wowvegas.com

29:26

Where you're a winner, baby Win

29:29

at wowvegas.com America's best social

29:31

casino with more than 900

29:33

free-play games at your fingertips. Winners

29:36

say wow when they play at

29:38

wowvegas.com Experience the real

29:40

thrills of Vegas at home or

29:42

on the go. Claim your free coins

29:45

today at wowvegas.com WowVegas is a

29:47

social casino, no purchase necessary. Void where prohibited, play responsibly. Conditions applied. Cyber

29:50

Details. See website for details. wowvegas.com For

29:53

more information, visit www.owvegas.com October

29:55

is Cyber Security Awareness Month. Nearly one

29:57

in four consumers have been a victim

29:59

of identity theft and LifeLock is here

30:01

with a tip to help prevent you

30:03

from being one of them. Using

30:06

the same simple password across multiple

30:08

accounts also makes it easier for

30:10

identity thieves to gain access to

30:12

your personal information. Updating

30:14

your passwords to be more complex

30:16

and unique across all your devices

30:19

is one way to help protect

30:21

yourself, but for comprehensive identity theft

30:23

protection from cyber criminals and real

30:26

peace of mind, get LifeLock. LifeLock

30:29

monitors hundreds of millions of data

30:31

points per second and detects and alerts

30:33

you to a wide range of threats.

30:36

If your identity is stolen,

30:38

LifeLock has US-based restoration specialists

30:40

in your corner to fix

30:42

issues that arise, guaranteed, or

30:44

your money back. Plus, plans

30:46

include the LifeLock Million Dollar

30:48

Protection Package, with up to

30:50

$3 million in coverage in

30:53

their most comprehensive plan. Start

30:55

protecting your identity today with

30:57

a 30-day free trial at

31:00

lifelock.com. Terms

31:02

apply. With the United Explorer card,

31:04

earn 50,000 bonus miles,

31:06

then head for places unseen and destinations

31:08

unknown. Wherever your journey takes you, you'll

31:11

enjoy remarkable rewards, including a free checked

31:13

bag and two times the miles on

31:15

every United purchase. You'll also receive two

31:17

times the miles on dining and at

31:20

hotels, so every experience is even more

31:22

rewarding. Plus, when you fly United, you

31:24

can look forward to United Club access

31:26

with two United Club one-time passes per

31:28

year. Become a United Explorer card

31:30

member today and take off on

31:33

more trips so you can take

31:35

in once-in-a-lifetime experiences everywhere you travel.

31:37

Visit theexplorercard.com to apply today. Cards

31:40

issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

31:42

member FDIC, subject to credit approval.

31:44

Offer subject to change. Terms apply.

31:53

Hi friends, I hope you're enjoying

31:55

this conversation with Vice President Harris.

31:57

We are going to step back

31:59

in. in 2024 in

32:01

San Jose, California, where I got to

32:03

sit at a large event with the

32:05

VP and talk about how

32:07

the landscape changed over the

32:10

last two years. Some

32:12

facts that I think you all should have

32:14

in hand are that the Trump abortion bans

32:16

have eliminated some or all abortion care in

32:19

22 states in this country. Total

32:21

bans are in effect in 14 states.

32:24

Four states have six week

32:26

bans in place, Florida, Georgia,

32:28

Iowa, North Carolina. Two

32:30

states have 12 week bans in place, North

32:33

Carolina and Nebraska. And two

32:35

states have 15 to 18 week bans

32:37

in place, Arizona and Utah. We

32:39

did, I will say recently, have

32:42

some success. A

32:44

hard fought legal battle in Arizona

32:46

that was combined with very heroic

32:48

efforts from state legislatures repealed the

32:50

state's pre-row abortion ban. That

32:52

was a law, by the way, from 1864

32:55

when we knew nothing that we know today

32:57

about medicine. And that's what they thought should

32:59

govern our bodily autonomy. Thankfully we've

33:01

beat it back, but the fights still

33:03

continue state by state. One

33:05

thing that I do want to highlight for you all

33:08

is that at six weeks, most women

33:10

don't know they're pregnant. And

33:12

a lot of these laws

33:14

have been passed based on false information

33:16

that is meant to emotionally manipulate us.

33:18

They call these six week bans heartbeat

33:20

bans. There is no

33:22

such thing as a heartbeat at

33:25

six weeks. The gestational

33:28

tissue of a fetus

33:30

has not formed a heart yet. You

33:33

are actually hearing the electrical pulses from

33:35

a mother's body that

33:37

move through her blood supply into

33:40

her uterus. It's not

33:42

lost on me that they want to

33:45

sentence women to death if they

33:47

have pregnancy complications because of their

33:49

own heartbeats. This

33:51

is what we're up against. National

33:54

states have gestational limits in place beyond

33:56

20 weeks. Unfortunately,

33:58

we all know that most

34:01

abortions that happen after 20 weeks

34:03

happen due to fetal anomalies. They

34:05

happen due to catastrophic and

34:08

sad loss that families are facing.

34:10

And since these bans

34:12

have gone into place, we have

34:14

seen infant mortality increase in some

34:16

states by horrific, horrific

34:19

percentages. And while

34:21

the former President Donald Trump might

34:23

be touring the country stating that

34:25

he is proud to have overturned

34:27

Roe v. Wade because, quote, everyone

34:29

wanted this, I don't think

34:31

everyone in Texas wanted to see maternal

34:33

mortality rise to 56% compared with

34:37

an 11% rise nationwide during the period

34:40

that Roe v. Wade was overturned. I

34:42

don't think that infant mortality rising by

34:44

over 8% across the country because

34:47

mothers are being forced to

34:49

carry fetuses with fatal anomalies

34:51

to term is what,

34:53

quote, everybody wanted. But here we

34:56

are. And I

34:58

want to be very clear with our listeners

35:00

that Donald Trump and JD Vance, along with

35:02

their draconian plans under Project 2025, have a

35:04

plan for him to radically alter the

35:09

American government and end abortion access

35:11

nationwide on day one, using every

35:13

single lever that they can, even

35:15

without Congress. They have printed

35:17

this plan. This is not hearsay. This is

35:19

not hysteria. They put it on the internet,

35:22

guys. It's there. So no matter

35:24

what he goes out there and says about

35:26

being pro fertilization that made me want to

35:28

vomit, his party has voted against IVF not

35:30

once but twice. You need to

35:32

watch what he does and what the GOP do

35:35

as a voting bloc. Not what he

35:37

says and not what they say. You

35:39

cannot trust them on campaign statements, but

35:41

you can trust their records on abortion.

35:44

No matter how you feel about it, we're

35:47

all allowed to have feelings

35:49

and beliefs that we

35:51

adhere to in our own lives.

35:53

But our feelings and beliefs cannot

35:55

govern policy. They cannot govern medical

35:58

science at no

36:00

point in any person's pregnancy

36:02

is a politician more qualified

36:04

to make decisions about your

36:06

health than you and your

36:09

doctor. We have to

36:11

be really clear on our language here, and

36:14

we have to be really clear about the goals of the

36:16

right. They knew that abortion

36:18

bans would kill women, and they

36:20

are. They knew that abortion bans would

36:22

harm families, and they are. And

36:25

we have to be frank, as Sarah Jones says,

36:27

that when abortion bans kill, they reveal their true

36:29

purpose, which is to grant a

36:31

handful of extremists the power over the lives

36:33

and deaths of American women.

36:37

When we take into account that nearly one

36:39

in three women will experience sexual violence or

36:41

physical violence in their lifetime, and

36:43

that many of these states' bans make

36:45

no exceptions for rape or incest, it

36:48

gets worse. One thing I

36:51

want to alert you all to, friends, is that

36:53

these anti-abortion, these

36:55

anti-reproductive freedom groups are

36:58

signaling their intent to enforce a really

37:02

terrifying law. It's radical. It's

37:05

called the Comstock Act, and they are specifically

37:08

and on purpose misinterpreting

37:11

that act to further restrict

37:14

access to abortion and contraception. Just

37:16

so you all know, you can do your research here. The

37:19

Comstock Act is an

37:22

1800s law about controlling people's sex

37:24

lives that was passed before women could vote.

37:27

And that's how they want us all to live

37:29

if they win. These

37:31

attacks are going to have consequences with

37:33

ripple effects in every single state across

37:35

the country, and they share the same

37:37

goal, banning abortion nationwide and making sexual

37:39

and reproductive health care inaccessible.

37:43

They want to deny you the right

37:45

to be a parent should you want to, needing IVF.

37:48

They want to deny you the right to not

37:50

be a parent yet should you want to using

37:52

birth control. These are terrifying

37:54

control mechanisms, and while these extreme

37:56

Supreme Court justices may have felt

37:59

confident to... in

56:00

rural communities and more folks

56:02

who already have the most

56:05

difficulty accessing healthcare, including the

56:07

LGBTQ plus community and really

56:09

including trans folks. And

56:11

guys, I would be remiss if

56:14

I didn't make it incredibly clear here. Racism

56:17

and sexism fuel each other. And as

56:19

more women who look like me, more

56:21

white women who have typically been Republican

56:23

voters are voting to protect abortion access

56:26

because their friends are dying. They see

56:28

these hideous things happening to

56:30

women and families around the country. The

56:34

Republicans are scared. So

56:36

who are they attacking now to

56:38

continue to popularize attacks on bodily

56:40

autonomy? They're attacking trans folks

56:42

because while women are 51% of

56:45

the population in this country, trans

56:47

folks are our smallest and most

56:49

vulnerable population. We're talking a couple

56:53

hundred thousand people in a country of 332 million and

56:57

the Republicans have put a target on

56:59

their back because they want you to

57:01

think restricting someone's bodily autonomy and choices

57:04

about their life is

57:06

okay. They're losing ground on the

57:08

abortion fight. So they are coming for us

57:11

in hideous ways. They are trying to subvert

57:13

the votes. They are trying to take these

57:15

laws that we have put on ballots state

57:17

to state by signing up, by exercising

57:20

our due process under the law. They are

57:22

trying to stop those votes from even being

57:24

taken this year. So we have to

57:26

fight again. They are coming at

57:29

us with project 2025. They are coming

57:31

at us with everything they

57:33

can muster for

57:36

what to cause harm to see

57:39

nonviable pregnancies carried to terms. So

57:41

those babies die in their parents

57:44

arms to kill women by

57:46

putting them into septic shock before they'll

57:49

give them much needed

57:51

post-abortion or post-miscarriage care.

57:53

This is barbaric. And

57:57

I'm hoping that these conversations in which I got

57:59

to sit down.