Our Streets is a column by writer and reporter Ray Levy Uyeda that highlights activists, artists, and organizers who are doing the work and reclaiming power for the people.
Abortion is normal and safe. About 1 in 4 people who can get pregnant will have an abortion in their lifetime. But abortion, or the intentional termination of one’s pregnancy, is also highly politicized in the U.S. A leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling that vows to overturn a federal guarantee to abortion access has shown just how far conservatives will go to control people’s lives by withholding access to abortion care.
