Aborsh

Rachel Cairns

5.0 (2)
社会与文化
一周一更

Aborsh

Aborsh examines why talking about abortion is still such a big deal, what “choice” really means and looks like and why that answer is different for different people. Join Toronto-based artist Rachel Cairns as she shares her abortion story while speaking with experts and activists about reproductive freedom in Canada.

2023/05/15

Introducing Expectant

Expectant is a six-part audio series that muddies fiction and non-fiction as a woman faces the prospect of becoming a parent during the climate crisis. Through conversations with climate researchers, parents, mental health experts and childfree families, she grapples with grief, hope, and the biggest decision of her life: should she bring a child into this world?

16 分钟
2022/08/01

How and Where It's Going

In the final episode of this season of Aborsh, Rachel ties up loose ends and looks forward. She’s joined by Aborsh story editor Tracey Lindeman to revisit key takeaways from the series and what progress might look like for Canadian reproductive rights and freedom.

48 分钟
2022/07/25

Economics, Gender Inequality & Abortion

Distinguished professor Sarah Kaplan, founder of the Institute for Gender and the Economy, joins Rachel to discuss why reproductive rights is an economic issue as much as it is a human rights issue. We talk about “gendered capitalism,” the wage gap, the care economy, how we measure GDP and the economic consequences of having children.

44 分钟
2022/07/21

Structural Racism in Healthcare

In this episode, Rachel and guests continue to discuss reproductive justice, or rather the ongoing in-justices and structural racism in the Canadian healthcare system, and specifically in regards to anti-Black racism. Featuring Dr Tunde-Byass, an OB-GYN and president of the Black Physicians of Canada, who connects a throughline between the historical legacies of slavery and segregation to the disparities experienced today. And Dr Ruth Habte, a 4th year OB-GYN resident explains why universal cost coverage for contraception is an integral pillar of reproductive justice and choice.

47 分钟
2022/07/18

Reproductive Justice

What’s the difference between reproductive choice and reproductive justice? As it turns out, a whole lot. In this episode, Rachel and guests discuss the fight for abortion access in New Brunswick and how the resurgence of Indigenous midwifery — as an anti-colonial movement — is reclaiming and returning birth to communities across Canada. Featuring guests Jessi Taylor, the spokesperson for Reproductive Justice New Brunswick, and Claire Dion Fletcher, an Indigenous midwife and co-chair of the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives.

35 分钟
2022/07/11

Mifey - The Miracle Pill

Rachel takes “the abortion pill” and discovers she was woefully unprepared for it. With guest Dr. Dustin Costescu, an OBGYN in southern Ontario, Rachel discusses the abortion pill (Mifegymiso) and the history of self-managed abortions. She and Dr. Dustin also look at the abysmal state of abortion training in medicine, and what empathetic, inclusive health care might look like.

43 分钟
2022/07/04

To 1988 and Beyond!

In Canada, 1988 became a pivotal year for abortion rights when Henry Morgentaler took the issue to the Supreme Court. Guest Rachael Johnstone, a political science professor and the author of After Morgentaler: The Politics of Abortion in Canada, explains how Morgentaler’s 1988 Supreme Court victory changed Canadian women’s lives — and what the ruling left unfulfilled. Longtime abortion rights activists Carolyn Egan and Judy Rebick join Rachel in this episode.

37 分钟
2022/06/30

The Omnibus Bill

This bonus episode features an interview with York University professor Tom Hooper, a historian of the Toronto bathhouse raids. Tom unpacks the mythologies surrounding the 1969 criminal code reform, particularly in regards to the impacts on the 2SLGTBQ+ communities, and in relation to the parallel struggles of the women’s liberation movement and reproductive rights.

32 分钟
2022/06/27

My Mom's Abortions

Rachel speaks with her Mom about her abortions before decriminalization. Featuring guests Darrah Teitel, a playwright and reproductive rights activist, as well as early abortion activist Judy Rebick.

32 分钟
2022/06/20

The Morality Thing

We make 35,000 choices a day. Mayo or mustard? Swipe left or swipe right? But few choices are more important than whether to have a baby. In this episode, Rachel examines the meanings of “choice” — and how some people and organizations in Canada are actively working to undermine reproductive freedom by spreading abortion disinformation. Featuring guests Chantal Parkinson, founder of the Pro-Choice Society of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta, Frederique Chabot, director of domestic health promotion at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, and Rachael Johnstone, author of the book After Morgentaler: The Politics of Abortion in Canada.

43 分钟
2022/06/13

How it started

When Toronto artist Rachel accidentally becomes pregnant, she immediately knows what she has to do: get an abortion. But even though abortion is legal in Canada, it’s not as easy to get one as she thought it’d be. With guest Joyce Arthur of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, Rachel pokes holes in Canada’s messy patchwork approach to abortion access — and explains how it got to be that way.

28 分钟
2022/06/02

Aborsh Trailer

Intro to Aborsh

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2022/06/02

Aborsh Trailer

Intro to Aborsh

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Aborsh examines why talking about abortion is still such a big deal, what “choice” really means and looks like and why that answer is different for different people. Join Toronto-based artist Rachel Cairns as she shares her abortion story while speaking with experts and activists about reproductive freedom in Canada.

创作者

Rachel Cairns
活跃年份

2022年 - 2023年
单集

12
分级

儿童适宜
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© 2022 Rachel Cairns
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