{"author_name":"Let's Talk About Birth","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/lets-talk-about-down-there/episodes/8746849d-db9c-4405-b4b1-46b0e5e45da3","description":"<p>Content warning: This episode&nbsp;contains&nbsp;candid discussion of stillbirth, pregnancy loss, and abortion. Please take care of yourself as you listen.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Pregnancy loss and the fight for reproductive care are topics too many people are navigating alone and in an increasingly complicated legal landscape. In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Lincoln is joined by Ana Lepe Vick, communications director and co-founder of Push for Empowered&nbsp;Pregnancy, and&nbsp;mother who lost her son Owen to stillbirth, and Amanda Zurawski, reproductive rights advocate and plaintiff in the landmark Zurawski&nbsp;v.&nbsp;Texas case, who was denied a medically necessary abortion in Texas and nearly died waiting for care she was legally entitled to receive.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>We Talk About…&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Why \"life of the mother\" exceptions&nbsp;don't&nbsp;work the way people think, and why the language of abortion laws leaves doctors afraid to act&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>New research showing stillbirth is more common than previously understood, affecting 1 in 150 births&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>What it means that 36% of U.S. counties are maternal care deserts&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Giving people tools to feel empowered rather than paralyzed by worry, and why normalizing these conversations matters&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Why pregnancy is too complicated to legislate, and what 80% of Americans&nbsp;actually believe&nbsp;about who should be making these decisions&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>How to memorialize and remember a baby after stillbirth and what to research about your hospital and doctors before heading in&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Links &amp; Resources:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.zurawskivtexas.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Zurawski v. Texas</a>&nbsp;(documentary)&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://griffincaresfoundation.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Griffin Cares Foundation</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.pushpregnancy.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.pushpregnancy.org/stillness-is-an-illness\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Short Film \"Stillness is an Illness\"</a>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Follow Ana&nbsp;Lepe Vick &amp; Amanda Zurawski</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Ana Lepe Vick's Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stillmyson/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@stillmyson</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Amanda Zurawski’s Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ace.is.wild/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ace.is.wild</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Push for Empowered Pregnancy:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pushpregnancy/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@pushpregnancy</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Order&nbsp;<strong><em>The Birth Book: An OB-GYN's Guide to Demystifying Labor and Delivery</em></strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.drjenniferlincoln.com/books\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here!&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Follow your host&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/drjenniferlincoln/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@drjenniferlincoln</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/lets-talk-about-down-there/episodes/8746849d-db9c-4405-b4b1-46b0e5e45da3/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Let’s Talk About Stillbirth and Loss: The Pregnancies We Don't Talk About Enough  ","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}