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\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a> partnered with the Center for Reproductive Rights to dispel misinformation around midwifery, abortion bans, and the maternal health crisis. In a series of interviews, the musician spoke with three figures at the global legal advocacy organization, including an associate director of litigation and two senior attorneys, about what people often get wrong about the fight for abortion access. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s brutal out there,\u201d Autumn Katz, Associate Director, U.S. Litigation, answered in response to Rodrigo\u2019s question about what it\u2019s like connecting with people who live in states with active abortion bans. \u201cSince Roe fell, the Center has challenged abortion bans in 10 states, and the stories that we hear from our clients are really gut-wrenching.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThey discussed Zurawski v. State of Texas, the case in which Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died of sepsis after being denied abortion care at 18 weeks. It\u2019s one of many horror stories to come out of the restrictive laws around treatment. Katz recalls talking to a woman \u201cwho had to be airlifted out of the hospital where she was seeking treatment and flown to another state in order to receive healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cNot very pro-life to harm these women\u2019s health for the long term and see them in the ICU,\u201d Rodrigo said. \u201cIt\u2019s just so terrifying.\u201d Back in 2024, the musician received pushback<\/a> from pro-life senators and advocates after her Fund 4 Good organization handed out contraceptives and morning-after pills<\/a> during her tour stop in Missouri, which adopted incredibly strict abortion bans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.<\/p>\n \n\tRodrigo sat with Meetra Mehdizadeh, Senior Attorney, U.S. Litigation, to discuss issues in the reproductive healthcare space that aren\u2019t widely spoken about, but may still be dangerous. Mehdizadeh specifically highlighted the targeting of access to the medication mifepristone. Medication abortions account for the majority of abortions. \u201cWe have decades of studies showing that it is safe and effective, millions of people have gotten medication abortions since mifepristone was FDA approved,\u201d Mehdizadeh said. \u201cBut right now, anti-abortion extremists are trying to get additional, unnecessary restrictions added to mifepristone to make it more difficult to access.\u201d <\/p>\n