Storytelling, says “story-midwife” Joyful Raven, helps people make sense of their lives. In this hour, Teresa Wierzbianska talks with the writer, performer and educator about her critically acclaimed one-woman show Breed or Bust that chronicles Raven’s desire for motherhood and eventual abortions. In a post-Dobbs world where abortion rights are under attack in many parts of the country, Raven speaks to the importance of women sharing their abortion stories to defang the experience of shame and guilt in a political environment that wants women to stay silent.
