Kcbs In Depth

As we near the end of 2023… we find abortion rights at the forefront of the news…  Of course, these aren’t necessarily new conversations being had… the ongoing battle between those in support of abortion and reproductive rights… and those against… have been happening for a long, long time… But with the overturning of Roe versus Wade in 2022… and more recently, challenges to abortion bans in states like Texas and Arizona… the landscape of abortion access is once more in focus… with many questioning what the future will hold… 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… back to a time when community members were the ones turned to for reproductive help… back to a time where a women’s clinic in Oakland became the nexus of health, well-being, and of groundbreaking ‘deep care’... We are going on a bit of a history journey… and speaking with Angela Hume.. author of Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defie