After getting an abortion in college, Becca Rea-Tucker never thought she’d talk about it publicly.
“ I was carrying so much shame—unnecessary shame. I know that now, but I didn’t know that then,” she said.
Five years later, it became all she talked about. Rea-Tucker’s Instagram posts turned into abortion-rights advocacy billboards, as she shared bits of her own experience while helping to normalize the decision for millions of others.
Today, the legal and political landscape surrounding abortion looks dramatically different than it did when Rea-Tucker was in college. This month marks four years since a conservative-majority US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal abortion protections and leaving access largely up to the states.
Rea-Tucker said that social media algorithms and capitulating politicians may make it seem like the fight for abortion rights has died down, but from her perspective, the movement is very much alive and well.
