To decide my future, I had to overcome unnecessary barriers to health care.
I became pregnant in 2001, when I was at college in Vermont, a state with a reputation for progressive politics. My partner and I were using protection, which failed. I knew immediately that I did not want this pregnancy. I wanted to be a mother one day, just not then, and not with that partner. I knew that a pregnancy would hijack a future that I — a first-generation, blue-collar, high-school dropout — had worked hard for.
Reproductive justice matters to science not only because scientists get abortions, but also because so many scientists are well-positioned to use our privilege and roles as trusted experts to de-stigmatize and support abortion rights for everyone. Now is the time to be brave, to use our voices, our money and our energies to support evidence-based health care, education and reproductive justice.I know in my heart that I would never have become a scientist had I not had my abortion.
As I left, a sympathetic staff member told me how Medicaid worked in Vermont. Because I was pregnant, I qualified for emergency coverage, and it would pay for abortions. I was so relieved!
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