Roe v. Wade Might Be Overturned Soon — This Is Worse Than You Think

Article originally appeared in Refinery 29 on October 20th, 2020.

Angel Kai’s heart sank when she found out she was pregnant again. The 20-year-old had delivered her second child only three months prior. She was on unpaid maternity leave from her job in Amarillo, TX, and she’d just received a $130 electricity bill in the mail that she didn’t know if she’d be able to pay. “Everything that was happening financially was just bad,” she remembers. “I couldn’t have another kid. I knew getting an abortion would be the best thing because I couldn’t walk up the street to get a soda if I wanted one at the time. We were that tight on money.”