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Her Life Was at Risk. Alabama Didn't Care.
At 24 years old, Tamara Costa and her husband Caleb were raising a toddler and delighted to have another child on the way. But then, they got devastating news: The fetus was missing its skull, and many of its organs, including the heart, were outside its body.
There was no way the baby would survive the pregnancy-but Alabama’s strict abortion ban doesn’t allow termination, and the state has threatened to prosecute anyone who helps patients receive information. And so Tamara’s doctor, she says, simply handed her a sticky note with a phone number and the words “Planned Parenthood Chicago” written on it.
Chicago is 580 miles from Huntsville, Alabama.
In an exclusive story, the Costas spoke to The Meteor about how the state they call home abandoned them. This film and story are part of the ongoing United States of Abortion series, produced with Firebrand and Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice, and support from Pop Culture Collaborative.
You can read more about the Costa family and other families impacted by anti-abortion legislation by visiting wearethemeteor.com/work/united-states-of-abortion
Director: Amy Elliott
Editor: Dana Cataldo
DP: Brack Bradley
Camera: Jacob Cantrell
Audio: Neil Bagley
Producer: Annie Venezia
There was no way the baby would survive the pregnancy-but Alabama’s strict abortion ban doesn’t allow termination, and the state has threatened to prosecute anyone who helps patients receive information. And so Tamara’s doctor, she says, simply handed her a sticky note with a phone number and the words “Planned Parenthood Chicago” written on it.
Chicago is 580 miles from Huntsville, Alabama.
In an exclusive story, the Costas spoke to The Meteor about how the state they call home abandoned them. This film and story are part of the ongoing United States of Abortion series, produced with Firebrand and Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice, and support from Pop Culture Collaborative.
You can read more about the Costa family and other families impacted by anti-abortion legislation by visiting wearethemeteor.com/work/united-states-of-abortion
Director: Amy Elliott
Editor: Dana Cataldo
DP: Brack Bradley
Camera: Jacob Cantrell
Audio: Neil Bagley
Producer: Annie Venezia
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Pro-Choice, but Not Pro-Everybody?
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The Dominican Republic's Total Abortion Ban
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There is a total abortion ban in the Dominican Republic that is costing women and girls their lives. The stories told in this PSA, voiced by Leslie Grace, Laura Gomez, Laith Ashley, and Jillian Mercado illustrate the grim reality this total ban has on its citizens. Luis Abinader, president of the Dominican Republic, has the power to legalize three exceptions to the ban: when the life or health ...
Love Abortion? Don’t Talk to Cops!
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Unsafe abortion mentions: 3:17-3:31 and 4:02 - 4:24 For episode notes, transcripts, and further reading and resources, visit The A Files website. (wearethemeteor.com/work/the-a-files/) Follow Renee on Instagram ( reneebraceysherman) and X (Twitter) ( RBraceySherman) Follow Regina on Instagram ( byreginamahone) and X (Twitter) ( byreginamahone) F...
Good States, Bad States? Not So Fast
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Unapologetic Blackness, Unapologetic Abortions
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Everyone Loves Someone Who’s Had an Abortion
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Welcome to The A Files: A Secret History of Abortion
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The first two episodes of The A Files premiere on January 17th. For episode notes, transcripts, and further reading and resources, visit The A Files website. (wearethemeteor.com/work/the-a-files/)
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He threw an iPhone at her face, broken nose, eye injury, etc and that occurred in 2015. And she divorced him in 2017. She is nuts! She could have died!
I just wanna hug her. She really is supergirl. F**k that asshole who mistreated her
To all the men that suffer in silence because of your gender, get abused and assaulted by women. You're not alone either.
Domestic violence goes both ways men and women go through it and it has to stop
I'm from Alabama and have a similar experience. My daughter was diagnosed with a severe complex medical condition in 2013. It was recommended I get an abortion but I decided to wait a few weeks and I opted out of doing so. Thankfully-I had the choice and right at the time. IDK what I would've done at the time had it not been given to me as an option. She ended up needing numerous surgeries but again, my choice to keep her and live that life.(no neurological impairment, just physical). I feel so bad for people in their situation now in 2024....
There is no help “out there”
What good is voting when there is nothing but criminals to choose from?
Rest in power Queen…..
Beautiful and powerful, if our vote didn’t matter, there wouldn’t be such a fight to hinder it. ❤
I love you lady❤❤❤❤❤celebration of life thank you
We love your words.
My grandfather was a true FBA patriot, and he did two most important things. When I turned 18 years old, he helped me fill out my selected service card and register voter card.frfr My father was a Vietnam veteran and didn't have anything for me to remember him for.. My grandfather was World War ll Veteran.. R.I.P C. H Keys..❤❤❤❤
I too am a thug! Nikki was my hero!
My daughter just moved to Alabama and got married. She just got pregnant. I am terrified
#RESTinHEAVEN121024``🕊´´
Ase. Thank you for every thoughtful and powerful lesson.❤🖤💚
LOVE TO HER FAMILY🌠☀️🕊🎺
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damn this is dark
The kids might as well be result of incest in this state. 🙄
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God will answer our prayers and hopes at the right time, and will replace something lost with something new and better as long as we are patient and do not give up.
Thank Nancy for all the work you do. Sending love and respect from Germany ❤
But didn’t Ted Cruz himself reassure us that pregnancy is not a disease? Why does any woman even need obstetric care? I’ve heard that Aboriginal woman walking across the desert at the onset of labor just drop back for a half hour and then catch up with the group! Pregnancy and delivery are natural! Vote for me! I’m pro-life! And pro-femicide, too! (My apologies to Aboriginal women everywhere, but that’s something that was commonly trotted out as proof that American women were weak and self indulgent about labor and delivery in the 1980s. Didn’t venerably bearded Dr Lamaze ‘prove’ that labor pain is all in a woman’s head in the 1960s? She just needs to train to relax and breathe like he tells her to! ) If men had babies obstetric and maternity care would be the best funded, best researched, best anesthetized, most revered medical practice in the world. But as it’s “women’s work”, look the other way lest your masculine sensibilities be deranged by blood and mucus and placenta, and agony and death. How inconvenient. In 1954 as I was crowning, my mom was told to keep her legs together because the OBGYN was still on the golf course. In the 1960s I grew up seeing full page color photos of a dead woman on a back alley abortionists table in major magazines. Make America great again? What woman in her right mind, what truly Christian woman, would fall for that big lie?
Every time I hear another story like this I am filled with rage, and more heartbreak. I'm exhausted by the cruelty inflicted on us by Republican lawmakers who have no clue at all about how human bodies even work.
NO abortion bans for ANY reason! This is so messed up! What is going on in America? We are supposed to be the world leaders, we are not even close.
"Nothing changes if nothing changes." Two hundred years ago, it was black women on slave-breeding plantations; today, it's forced pregnancy through denial of abortion rights. The South continues its inglorious tradition of forcing enslaved women to bear children.
This story is why we must vote for those who are pro-women. We're not going back! 💙
God damn Alabama GOP politicians.
And the ones in Texas that threaten pregnant peoples' lives also!
@@karelriley2406 ALL of them! So sick of this! #VoteProChoice
@@karelriley2406 Yes, all the states with abortion bans!
very nice video
Tamara and Caleb. Your story touched me this morning. Wishing you and your family well. Be strong and keep inspiring others through your story! Love & Peace!
I am so sick of this!!! Why in world would you put the mother’s life at risk when it is determined that the pregnancy is NOT viable!! Like he said “Make it make sense”!! 🤬
Because Republicans think with their Bibles not their brains. This is what you get when that happens.
Christian fanatics don't need to make sense.
A lot of them don't believe this kind of pregnancy malfunction happens as often or as completely as this young woman's. Pregnancy is all bunnies, rainbows, and meadows until it hurts real bad and then you have your baby! If they do acknowledge that things can go totally bad, many think it doesn't happen enough for legislation to be crafted to accommodate or they assume logic is already being applied. Others don't care. When I was a women's healthcare center sidewalk volunteer, I was genuinely shaken by some of the horrible things the grown up adult people with rosaries, crosses, and gory signs said to the women and couples as they walked past them into the clinic. An elderly female protestor once got behind me when I was part of a human "buffer zone." She said that if women die during pregnancy or delivery, so be it. Her mother had died giving birth to her, so others should make that sacrifice. The entire scenario was frankly chilling. It certainly didn't motivate me to have a basketball team worth of babies.
And trump said he’s “women’s protector” because of overturning Roe. No, he’s more like their unaliver (can’t use the real word here you know), because, although this woman was lucky, others are dying, in ALL the states that overturned reproductive healthcare. I hope the families of the women who weren’t so lucky will sue trump, and/or the individual justices on the Supreme Court who overturned the law that actually protected us for 50 years.
That woman sought lifesaving healthcare, And instead, a board cerified OBGYN handed her a fucking sticky note? Unacceptable.
No, it's acceptable to Alabama GOP.
It's acceptable to the GOP. Not to people with ethics or morals, but the current GOP appears to find this situation acceptable. "Let the States decide!" I believe there were people who wanted to do that with slavery once upon a time, too. If you can convince enough people that some born human being is Lesser Than, this kind of nonsense becomes "acceptable." They'll use the word "tragic," or "unfortunate," though.
Blame the misogynists in power, in the state legislature and governor's office, for that. The OB/GYN did the best she could, and probably risked losing her license to practice even for that sticky note.
@@romielnagar6292 Oh, we DO blame them, but we need to SHOW UP at the polls to defeat them. This election is far too close. HOW can it even BE this close? #VoteHARRISWALZ #WomenForHARRIS
The doctor put herself at risk to get that basic info to the patient. In many states doctors are facing many years in prison for doing nothing more than Tamara and Caleb's doctor did.
Its generally thought, in the long run, those of your ancestry dont take their work home with them. Or, the recovery is usually certain, if given time.
Bravo to this woman 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 I can’t same I’m a big Supergirl fan, but nobody should have to go through domestic violence. And hearing her describe exactly happened was heartbreaking. I hope anybody who’s going through it finds the strength to leave if you can 🙏🏿❤️
I personally find it insane someone would look at one the most beautiful faces in the world & would want to deck it!
Qualified medical ethicist here. Accurate information is important for properly informed consent. Deliberate abortion, as opposed to accidental miscarriage, is the deliberate killing of a human being before natural birth. When a child is conceived, he or she is a complete human being and is no more part of the mother's body than part of the father's but is physically dependent on the mother's blood for food and oxygen only, which passes from the mother's blood into the baby's across the placenta. If a biologist got hold of a piece of the baby's body tissue. however soon after conception (fertilisation) the biologist could tell that that tissue was from a human being who was neither the mother nor the father. Proof that the baby is not part of the bio mother's body is shown in a number of different ways. Male sperm and female ovum can be combined in a petrie dish and conception can occur and the child can be placed inside the prepared body of a woman not even related to the biological parents and can grow normally until strong enough to be born. The lungs are normally expandable at 20-22 weeks. We do not currently know how to get oxygen into the baby's blood other than through the placenta. If an expectant mother dies later on in pregnancy from an accident or illness, if the baby can be removed from her womb within an hour or so, that baby can carry on growing and developing as normal, again proving that baby is not part of the mother's body. As science consistently demonstrates this fact, there are certain ethical questions which arise when discussing deliberate abortion. Is it ethically acceptable for one person to have the right to kill another, usually because the other is inconvenient? Can one person own another, i.e. has slavery not really been abolished? A pre natal infant is sentient, i.e. can feel pain, from about six weeks into his or her mother's pregnancy onwards, usually starting from round the mouth. Most forms of abortion involve extremely painful procedures for the child; burning to death, vivisection (cutting up alive), suffocation etc. A humane solution to a pregnancy where the mother cannot or does not want to raise her child is adoption. There is a long waiting list of approved people and families who want to adopt but are not given the opportunity. There really is no such thing as an unwanted child. A very important aspect of such a situation is that health care professionals are not robots who are objective observers in the practice of aborting a child for the purpose of bringing about his or her death. Health care professionals are also responsible to themselves in that they 'first do no harm' (primo non nocere) in any situation involving patients. Is it really appropriate that our health care professionals should just be 'mindless plumbers', there to follow the demands of patients? Is that what people go into medicine for? If so, how can health care professionals be trusted to save lives when they also kill?
I couldn't be more thrilled that she's been in a loving caring cherished relationship with Chris for 7 years now. She is truly Supergirl the Woman of Steel, it wasn't just a written part for her. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing this very difficult time in your life. I'm currently watching your Supergirl series and was so happy to find out you married Chris Wood. On screen, you both have a great chemistry together. I'm so sorry this happened to you and so mad that monster permanently damaged your left eye but so proud of you that you have survived your ordeal and have moved forward with your life especially your acting life. Don't ever let that moment of your life define you. You are a beautiful lady inside and out and deserve all the best life can offer and now you have a son you're living for. God bless. Continue to shine.
I'll do my best to vote this time. Thank you for changing my mind. 🕊️
It doesn't count who votes. It only matters who counts the votes.
thank you Melissa Benoist for sharing your pain...
Nothing will change even if President Abinader wanted to change it, due to the Concordat of 1954. The church has the final say . This is truly sad. And what is even more sad is that the one person that fought against the concordat was elected by the ppl ( but removed by a coup USA backed and church support) IJS.
I can't understand sister what you say what is the 1954 Concorde ???
Милая ты класная девчонка я тебя обажаю⚘❤❤⚘
What ever the vote is your still choosing yourself as it’s usually in your best interest
We are so happy that you posted in this video. Did I know that you're Nervous to tell everybody but to just let you know. if you're getting abused again or you're sad and heartbroken. Just know that we're here for you to support you whatever you are feeling and we all love you Melissa.😢😢😢😢
Bonjour comment allez bien
watching glee and seeing them act together makes my stomach churn. melissa is so strong truly
Beautiful human and woman Melissa
This couple's whole story is crazy. She's been an abortion activist since jump street, she jumped on the bandwagon to sue Texas over their abortion laws immediately, she's been to Washington to lobby for abortion, and she's seemingly "grieving" because her baby died because she couldn't abort it and kill it anyway? Does that make ANY sense? I've read what is available about her case history, she had a rare cervical defect that started this whole process, contrary to other stories, her water DID NOT break. She wasn't immediately showing signs of illness, the baby's heartbeat was okay, to her doctors she seemed stable. An "at risk" pregnancy, but generally stable. Things got worse, the baby died, they promptly removed it, and she spent a WHOLE WEEK in the ICU being treated for an infection with antibiotics while under observation. The main cause of this, and what likely killed her baby, was a blood pressure medicine prescribed to her at that time which she had a negative reaction to. I'm a man and I had this same issue, six years ago I had a negative reaction to a blood pressure medicine and I spent six days in the hospital while they worked to get my BP back up and stabilize my heart rate. And yes, I became very sick, I developed an infection in my lungs, I ran high fever, it took weeks after I got out of the hospital to get back to normal. The fault here lies with her physicians and no one else. Texas allows abortion if the mother's life is at risk - the ONLY people who determine that are HER doctors - not the Texas state legislature or the federal government, that is entirely up to HER physicians. My daughter is a labor/delivery nurse, we've talked about this case ever since they popped up on the radar, but a LOT since the ridiculous Biden ad which shows her grieving so much because her daughter that she wanted to kill is dead, and somehow, that's Trump's fault. Her lawsuit against Texas is just for HER pain and suffering and HER PTSD because she got sick, which she blames on not getting an abortion. Nothing about her child, which she quickly wanted to kill anyway. And her hubby's remark about states being "justed as f*cked up as Texas" is telling. Austin has a big airport, you want an abortion that badly, get on a plane and go to any state that still allows abortion - plane tickets aren't very expensive. Bottom line, she had a rare cervical condition, she would have gotten very sick either way, if she had had an abortion or not. Either way, the only people to blame for ANYTHING in this instance are her doctors, and the couple themselves. If a doctor tells my wife she could die if she doesn't get a surgical procedure that's illegal in our state (whatever that would be), we'd be on an airplane before the sun went down to get her somewhere that she could get that operation. This is nothing but self-serving propaganda from a couple looking to get liberal fame and make some money over a tragic situation.
Stop being mean to my big sister