>> YOUR TIKTOK ACCOUNT SAYS
HEALTH CLASS YOU WISH YOU HAD IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S 2022.
THERE ARE OTHER MECHANISMS TO
COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE BANNING
BOOKS WHEN EVERYONE HAS A PHONE.
LAY OUT FOR US WHAT INFORMATION
YOU'RE TEACHING KIDS THAT
THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN HEALTH
CARE CLASSES AND HEALTH CLASSES.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, SO, YES, IT IS 2022.
YOU THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
TALK ABOUT PREGNANCY AND
PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND STI IN
ALL OUR SCHOOLS.
HERE IS THE THING, THERE'S NO
FEDERALLY MANDATED
COMPREHENSIVE, ACCURATE,
INCLUSIVE SEX EDUCATION.
IT'S DONE STATE BY STATE AND A
LOT OF THEIR STATES ARE FAILING
THEIR STUDENTS.
ONLY 26 SAY THERE HAS TO BE THIS
EDUCATION AND 20 SAY IT HAS TO
BE MEDICALLY ACCURATE.
IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING HOW
LAWMAKERS THINK THAT SOMEHOW
WE'RE GOING TO GET IT RIGHT WITH
ABORTION RIGHTS WHEN WE RELEGATE
TO THE STATES AND CAN'T DO IT
WHEN IT COMES TO SEX EDUCATION.
PEOPLE IN SOME OF THESE STATES
ARE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT SEX MEANS OUR TEENS ARE GOING TO
MEANS OUR TEENS ARE GOING TO HAVE SEX.
IT IS PART OF THE WHOLE SLATE OF
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
>> RIGHT.
ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE.
THAT'S PERIOD, FULL STOP THAT'S
WHAT IT IS.
WE DON'T NEED TO QUALIFY IT FOR
INSTANCES ONLY OF RAPE OR INCEST
OF THAT SORT OF THING BECAUSE
WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER IS
THAT PREGNANCY IS NOT A NEUTRAL
EVENT.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
THINGS WE CAN UNDERTAKE.
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO PEOPLE
DIED ALL THE TIME IN CHILDBIRTH.
HERE AS WE KNOW FATAL MORTALITY
CRISIS, PEOPLE HAVE HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED ARE AFFECTED THE
MOST AND THESE ABORTION
RESTRICTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THEM THE MOST.
WORLDWIDE DYING OF CHILDBIRTH
STILL HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.
TO SAY WE ARE RESTRICTING
ABORTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
ALIGN WITH OUR VALUES, THAT'S
ONE THING IF THAT SITUATION IS
FOR YOURSELF.
IT'S ANOTHER THING WHEN YOU
FORCE SOMEBODY TO CARRY A
PREGNANCY TO TERM, TO GO THROUGH
BIRTH, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TOLL THAT COULD TAKE UNDER THE OS
THAT COULD TAKE UNDER THE OS
MISSES THIS IS A PERSONAL
BELIEF.
>> SO IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT
PREGNANCY IS NOT A NEUTRAL
EVENT.
I LIKE THAT A LOT.
MORE PEOPLE SHOULD SAY THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE FORGET THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE HIGH RATES OF
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU IS ABOUT
THE COMMENTERS THAT YOU
MENTIONED THAT ARE REACTING TO
YOUR TIKTOK VIDEOS.
DO YOU FIND THEM TO BE GEN-Z?
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
AND HOW REPRESENTATIVE ARE THEY
OF SORT OF THE FULL DEMOGRAPHIC
PICTURE?
>> YEAH.
IT'S INTERESTING.
I DO HAVE THE FULL SPECTRUM OF
FOLLOWERS ON MY TIKTOK AND ON MY
PLATFORMS.
AND MOST PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE
ONES THAT ARE GEN-Z SAY HOW ARE
WE DOING THIS?
I NEVER LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE I
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING
PREGNANT.
I HAVE SOME COMMENTERS WHO LIVED
BEFORE ROE AND HAVE SAID, YOU
KNOW, THAT THIS IS -- THEY CAN'T
BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING BACKWARDS.
AND WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE GEN-Z
GENERATION IS THEY ARE NOT BEING
QUIET.
THEY ARE PUTTING THIS
INFORMATION OUT THERE.
I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE OF TAKING
CONTROL BACK WHERE WE CAN SO
THAT BIRTH CONTROL, ENERGY
CONTRACEPTION, ACCESS TO
MEDICATION ABORTION, GETTING THE
MISINFORMATION CALLING OUT WHEN
WE SEE IT.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING THIS IS GOING
TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE SAYING WHERE CAN WE
PROTEST?
WHERE DO I DONATE MONEY?
PEOPLE ARE ENRAGED AND WANT TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> DR. JENNIFER LINCOLN, USING