On the day of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a woman named Nora was at home in her one-bedroom apartment getting through a medical abortion. She’d stocked up on menstrual pads and painkillers, and steeled herself to get through a tough day.
Having children “is something I so badly want,” Nora told NPR, “but I’m 22 and I’m poor, and I just can’t even wrap my head around it.”
(NPR is using Nora’s first name only out of concern for her personal safety.)
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