In New Zealand, abortion was legal, but there was a shortage of doctors. Rapkin was going to help lead a training program in the country’s capital, much like the one she’d built here, but with less red tape. This time, she would be paid by the government for her work, not singled out for it.

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    I really don’t want to see pregnant women struggle to get the care they need, but if that’s what it takes to wake people up, at least future generations won’t have the same struggles.

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      but if that’s what it takes to wake people up, at least future generations won’t have the same struggles.

      I don’t know; so far they seem relatively indifferent to income inequality, which has persisted for decades and is more or less related to this.

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        I don’t know, either. Hopefully it’ll become enough of an issue that politicians actually pay attention, but maybe people will just say “oh well” and take it. We’ll see.