we are brown and we re disproportionately impacted by these anti-choice laws. this used to be the planned parenthood, and so when the funding was cut, they turned the planned parenthood into an adult daycare center. so it was literally right here down the street from where i grew up. if you are someone from brownsville, like my hometown who needed abortion care, you would have to drive about an hour, an hour and a half to get to the clinic. and that s if you have access to transportation. like if i wanted to get an abortion and i was an undocumented woman, i wouldn t have a place to go. or even me right now, as a young person, if i needed an abortion, i wouldn t be able to afford it. - so, i made a big orange sign and it said, god is pro-choice, because you know, the democrats that we have here in the valley don t really vouch for us as much as i think that they should because of, you know, catholicism.
you know, living in south texas, most of the gap is rural, and then you get down to the urban area, which is the valley, like we are low-income. we are brown and we re disproportionately impacted by these anti-choice laws. this used to be the planned parenthood, and so when the funding was cut, they turned the planned parenthood into an adult daycare center. so it was literally right here down the street from where i grew up. if you are someone from brownsville, like my hometown who needed abortion care, you would have to drive about an hour, an hour and a half to get to the clinic. and that s if you have access to transportation. like if i wanted to get an abortion and i was an undocumented woman, i wouldn t have a place to go. or even me right now, as a young person, if i needed an abortion, i wouldn t be able to afford it. - so, i made a big orange sign and it said, god is pro-choice, because you know, the democrats that we have here in the valley