Musician Vanessa Carlton is utilizing her well-known tune “A Thousand Miles,” to carry consideration to the battle for reproductive rights. The tune, and Carlton, are featured in a new video launched by the Middle for Reproductive Rights.
The video follows the journey of 1 younger lady as she drives out of her house state of Texas to search out well being care entry in one other state. It’s a lonely journey, marked by relaxation stops, sleeping in her automobile, and ending in a medical facility’s ready room.
A title card reads “Last year, abortion bans forced 170,000 Americans to go out of state for reproductive care,” citing analysis completed by the Guttmacher Institute.
“I had an ectopic pregnancy and without abortion care, I could have died,” Carlson says on the finish of the video. “Abortion is health care. Please tell Congress to protect reproductive freedom nationwide.”
Carlton joins different celebrities equivalent to actor Sally Area and musician Stevie Nicks in sharing very private tales about their reproductive histories, in service to the battle to regain the rights taken away when the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade.
Carlton spoke in regards to the devastation she felt after the Supreme Court docket’s determination in 2022, telling the Day by day Beast, “I’m just absorbing, frozen in my chair, looking at my laptop.” It was music legend Nicks that introduced Carlton on the highway along with her and helped get her again within the battle.
It’s simply the newest video reminding greater than half of the nation’s voters that they’ve fewer rights since Donald Trump grew to become president, and their lives are much less protected as a consequence.
