Young abortion activists are speaking out.
Headquarters in D.C. with young activists from Louisiana who traveled to Washington to represent their home state. We discussed an array of topics, including activist burnout, mental health and the struggle of being taken seriously by older folks on either side of the fight.: What led you here to DC? Was this a conscious choice or rather a situation that your paths as activists led you to?: My path led me here. I wasn’t planning on being here.
Also, it’s kind of hard to say no to opportunities because people where I’m from don’t even have options to come to college, so I always feel like I’m saying yes. Because who am I to say no? I’m realizing that sometimes I just have to say no. : Mental health within the social justice world is something I often think about.
We have seen these increasingly detrimental attacks on access but it’s difficult to completely convey how complex that is to the general public. So this case being in the media will propel the conversation into a focus and make people realize, “Oh, it’s not just legality, it’s about access to abortion.”
That fear ends up turning into a passion and I’m hoping that people see our passion and our hard work, and know that we’re not going to stop. You’re gonna have to listen to us because we are the people. No matter the team they assemble, they’re gonna have to hear us out. Because they represent us at the end of the day.: We’ve set up the sister rally in Louisiana and will be live streaming the DC one to Louisiana tomorrow. I’ve made a graphic novel and have been posting nonstop about the rallies.
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