RHEP Youth Advisory Board members Tamar, Phillisha, and Cody discuss abortion care in this open, unflinchingly honest episode. They share what went into their own decisions when they were pregnant, expand on different kinds of abortion (medication or procedural), explain how to weigh your options, lean on supportive people & more.
Alex Morse, Planned Parenthood Community Health Educator, joins the conversation and gives accurate, easy-to-understand abortion care information. It’s your choice—but you don’t have to figure it all out on your own.
Resources:
www.ExhaleProVoice.org provides after-abortion support.
www.connectandbreathe.org provides after-abortion support.
www.abortionfinder.org can help you find an abortion provider near you, nationwide.
https://abortion.ca.gov can help you find an abortion provider and resources in California.
www.teenhealthlaw.org provides information on teens' legal rights to consent as it relates to their health and healthcare.
101 Guide to Abortion from Planned Parenthood
Teens Guide to Abortion from Planned Parenthood
Abortion Rights for California Youth from Planned Parenthood Youth: A Guide for Adult Advocates
Content Advisory: The stories we are sharing sometimes touch on different kinds of trauma, please take care of yourself while you listen.
Host:
Tamar, Youth Advisory Board Member
Participants:
Phillisha, Youth Advisory Board member
Brandy, Youth Advisory Board member
Alex Morse, Planned Parenthood Community Health Educator
About Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life:
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life is a podcast from foster youth, for foster youth, with unfiltered conversations about puberty, relationships, sexual health, identity, and much more that we wish were part of our upbringing. It is hosted by the youth advisory board of the Reproductive Health Equity Project at the National Center for Youth Law.
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life is supported through a grant to the National Center for Youth Law from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. We are very grateful for their support. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Hilton Foundation.
Self-Taught: Former Foster Youth on Sex, Health, and Life is produced in California. Laws, policies and programs discussed in this episode may be specific to California.
Watch our episodes at https://rhep.info/self-taught.
Learn more about the podcast and the Reproductive Health Equity Project at www.fosterreprohealth.org
Email us with questions, comments, and feedback at email@fosterreprohealth.org.