thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello everyone, i am alicia menendez, welcome to american voices. we begin saturday with a one of post roe america. this disproportionately affects women of color and is a direct attack on the socioeconomic groups that are disparaged already. it is disheartening. as time goes on, it is just sad to watch our country devolve. i am shocked and amazed that we are taking somebody steps backwards right now. i am in fear for every woman in this country. protests coast to coast, the anger, the outrage fueled by friday s decision by the conservative majority supreme court, overturning roe v. wade, andy nearly 50 years of legal precedent, putting states in charge of reproductive rights. while this is news we all saw coming in that leaked draft opinion a few weeks back, the reality is that it is so sobering. laws banning abortions is already a valve-ing. at least 26 states across the south and midwest have trigger laws that will soon take
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rights. with that being said, trans man, nonbinary folks, intersects people need access to abortion to. lesbian women, bisexual women, they all need abortion access. we are in this fight together, no matter what, it is important that we dissent for and she ate the fighting that we are doing right now and also in support of other fights. we have this amplified voice right now, and i think it is important that we use it for the people that are silenced right now. as someone that lives in the state of florida, i do not need to tell you that there is a rise in anti lgbtq legislation that is happening at the state level. what worries you most about florida s don t say gay law? i think what worries me the most is that i have the experience. educators really helped me with my identity when i came out. i really understand what it means to be silent. this bill silences educators