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My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju >> Episode 3
She once opposed abortion—but her own experience reframed how Riata Walker understands health care, compassion, and reproductive freedom.
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In collaboration with Abortion in America, our latest episode of My Body. My Pod. with Mini Timmaraju features Riata Walker’s abortion story.
She once opposed abortion—but her own experience reframed how she understands health care, compassion, and reproductive freedom.
Now, Riata advocates for abortion access and shares how her experience transformed her understanding of privilege, compassion, and reproductive freedom.
🤿 Dive Deeper: Who Has Access to Abortion Care, and Who Doesn’t?
Growing up in a conservative community, Riata was firmly opposed to abortion and never imagined her own pregnancy would test everything she believed. When a devastating diagnosis revealed fatal fetal abnormalities, she made the decision to end her pregnancy.
Through her experience, Riata came to understand what abortion truly is: health care. A personal choice. The freedom to decide what’s best for yourself, your family, and your future. Now, Riata advocates for abortion access, and shares why her experience transformed her understanding of privilege, compassion, and reproductive freedom.
Riata’s story is about more than one decision—it’s about the barriers and inequities that determine who can get care and who cannot. She had the support, the means, and the legal access to care. Many do not.
When abortion is banned, people don’t just lose access—they face real harm. Delays in emergency care. Denied treatments. Lives lost.
Across the country, patients are navigating dangerous laws that endanger their lives and well-being. The consequences are devastating—and often preventable. Read real stories of harm.
🔑 Key Take Aways: Abortion stories can shift hearts—and laws.
“My challenge to people who would say that they are pro-life… is to dig a little deeper,” says Riata. “Just listen to some stories and listen to where people are coming from and just try to understand.”
Her story is a reminder that abortion care is health care—and that storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to create understanding, change minds, and move policy.
We’re deeply grateful to Riata and other abortion storytellers for their courage, and to Abortion in America for helping bring these voices forward.
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MY BODY. MY POD. WITH MINI TIMMARAJU.
The fight for reproductive freedom is more urgent than ever.
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If you’re into building a nationwide movement to protect and expand health justice, reproductive equity, and the power of people to control their own lives, this show is for you.
Hear from leaders and changemakers who share wisdom from the front lines, stories of the real struggles people are facing every day, and a vision for the future we’re determined to win.
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