About this podcast
Aborsh examines why talking about abortion is still such a big deal, what “choice” really means and looks like and why that answer is different for different people. Join Toronto-based artist Rachel Cairns as she shares her abortion story while speaking with experts and activists about reproductive freedom in Canada.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 29 episodes
- Feedswap: Hard Truths · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 16Today’s episode is a feed swap with Hard Truths, the podcast from Generation Squeeze, whose founder Dr. Paul Kershaw you might remember from our housing episode. In this…
- Feedswap: rePROs Fight Back · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 15There are many reasons why someone may require a third-trimester abortion, including both fetal implications and maternal implications (such as health diagnoses and difficult…
- Erin’s Story: TFMR · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 14Erin shares her experience having a termination for medical reasons—a rare procedure, making up fewer than 1% of abortions in Canada annually. Often taking place later in…
- How Housing Affects Choice · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 13What do abortion and housing have in common? Well, they are both recognized as human rights by the UN and multiple other international organizations and agreements. But you…
- Karen’s Story: No Regrets · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 12For Karen, her abortion was a straightforward and empowering decision. In this episode, she shares how making the right choice for herself at the time set her on the path to…
- Care Work as a Public Good · 1 h 5 min · Season 2 Episode 11As people delay starting families and the average age of first-time parents increases, the demand for continuous caregiving — from cradle to grave — grows. In this episode, we…
- Erica’s Stories: Wisdom Teeth & PatriarchyErica deconstructs the arbitrary limits we place on reproductive choices and challenges the stigma around abortion, especially when you need more than one. “I remember saying to…
- Decriminalizing Sex Work · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 9Abortion and sex work are two issues that you may not immediately think have a lot in common. In reality, they share many parallels because, at their core, they are both issues…
- Emma’s Stoy: All the feels · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 8As a healthcare provider working with families through pregnancy loss and terminations, Diana offers a compassionate perspective on these deeply personal and complex decisions…
- Abolition x Decolonization x Feminism · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 7In this episode, nurse and educator Martha Paynter and Métis midwife Cheryllee Bourgeois explore how abolition and decolonization are fundamentally intertwined with feminism. We…
- Megan’s Story: Pro-Abortion Billboards · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 6Driving through a sea of anti-abortion billboards, Megan wondered why pro-choice voices can’t occupy the same amount of space. Inspired by a road trip conversation, she shares…
- Abortion in the Media · 1 h 10 min · Season 2 Episode 6In this episode, we speak with the research initiative Abortion On Screen about the portrayal of abortion in TV and film and journalists Nora Loreto and Liz Renzetti about the…
- Kerry’s Story: motherhood & abortion · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 4This week’s guest is author Kerry Clare, who talks about learning how to openly discuss abortion and share her personal experience. Once she found her voice, she made it her…
- Sex Ed · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 3Like abortion, sex ed is a human right, and in this episode, we draw parallels between comprehensive sex education and abortion access. We discuss how the moral panic around sex…
- Christa’s Story: abortion feelings · 1 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 2Christa’s abortion story is intertwined with other profound experiences of grief and the duality often present in life’s defining decisions. As captured by a friend's advice…
- Birth Control · 1 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 1In this episode, we're diving into a topic we touched on last season, one that’s often at the beginning of many abortion stories: birth control. What we love about it. What we…
- Season 2 Trailer · 3 min · Season 2 Episode 1Aborsh is back for a second season, diving into why abortion is still such a “big deal,” what “choice” really means, and why that answer is different for different people. This…
- Introducing Expectant · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 11Expectant is a six-part audio series that muddies fiction and non-fiction as a woman faces the prospect of becoming a parent during the climate crisis. Through conversations…
- How and Where It’s Going · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 10In the final episode of this season of Aborsh, Rachel ties up loose ends and looks forward. She’s joined by Aborsh story editor Tracey Lindeman to revisit key takeaways from the…
- Economics, Gender Inequality & Abortion · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 8Distinguished professor Sarah Kaplan, founder of the Institute for Gender and the Economy, joins Rachel to discuss why reproductive rights is an economic issue as much as it is a…
