Welcome back to Just  For  This, a new podcast. Each week, host Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch (she/her) interviews women in leadership about women and leadership. Inspired by the story of Esther, we feature powerful stories of women who stand out in their fields, who have stepped up just for this moment.  

This week’s guest is Rachel Sussman, Vice President of Advocacy and Program at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. We discuss the importance of bodily autonomy in a functioning democracy, the ways that the fight for abortion access has - and hasn’t -changed in the last 20 years, and what’s at stake in next week’s election.  

To learn more about what’s on the ballot in your state and make your voting plan, visit vote.org. 

View the transcript here. 

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