Kelsea McLain
Deputy Director, Yellowhammer Fund
VIRTUAL APPEARANCE
Kelsea McLain is the Deputy Director of Yellowhammer Fund. She is an abortion rights activist who got her start in Texas ensuring access to stigma-free and inclusive sexual-health education. Her work pivoted when she herself needed access to care that she could not afford. Now based in the Carolinas, and working remotely to support Yellowhammer's efforts across the deep south, Kelsea’s work confronts the same barriers that impacted her own ability to get an abortion.
Scheduled Appearances
The New Abortion Underground
After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion access has become increasingly restricted in many states — harkening back to the pre-Roe era, when groups like "the Janes" created an underground network to provide access. We sit down with a former Jane and with a provider working today to consider the future of the fight for abortion access.
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