Trans, nonbinary people are facing health care barriers post-Roe

Trans and nonbinary people who can get pregnant have historically faced barriers to reproductive care. Things are worsening post-Roe.

By Char Daston, Sarah Stark
Abortion rights are trans rights sign
Abortion-rights activists mobilize to defend the Santa Monica Planned Parenthood offices, as they rally on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday, July 16, 2022. Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press
Abortion rights are trans rights sign
Abortion-rights activists mobilize to defend the Santa Monica Planned Parenthood offices, as they rally on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., Saturday, July 16, 2022. Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press

Trans, nonbinary people are facing health care barriers post-Roe

Trans and nonbinary people who can get pregnant have historically faced barriers to reproductive care. Things are worsening post-Roe.

By Char Daston, Sarah Stark
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Experts say the reversal of Roe v. Wade is making it more difficult for trans men and nonbinary people who can get pregnant to access abortion, birth control and other healthcare. Such barriers include discrimination from healthcare workers and having fewer resources to travel out of states where abortion is banned.

Reset checks in with a reporter on gender policy and a trans rights advocate who’s struggled to access healthcare for himself and his husband.

GUESTS: Orion Rummler, breaking news reporter for The 19th

Alex Petrovnia, founder of the Trans Formations Project