Episode 11: Culture & Abortion, Part 2: The Stories We Tell About Abortion

How do the stories we see and hear shape the way we understand abortion?

In the second episode of Choice Chat’s Culture & Abortion series, host AJ Ware speaks with Canadian writer, performer, and podcaster Rachel Cairns about abortion in film, television, theatre, and personal storytelling.

Drawing on her stage show Hypothetical Baby, her podcast Aborsh, and her own experience, Rachel explores how storytelling can challenge stigma, make room for complexity, and broaden whose abortion experiences are represented.

Their conversation moves beyond familiar abortion narratives to consider parenthood, economics, privilege, public health care, reproductive justice, and the distinctly Canadian context in which these stories are told.