WATCH: Paint The Polls Black: Maurice Mitchell Talks Abortion Rights

Maurice Mitchell talks about abortion rights during the ESSENCE &#039;Paint The Polls Black&#039; podcast.

Transcript

00:00Sometimes people frame abortion as a women's rights issue, and it certainly is,

00:04but it's so much more, right? I try to remind people of middle school basic sex ed class,

00:12right? It takes a sperm and an egg, right? So this is an issue that affects everybody across gender.

00:18It's also an economic issue, right? It's a fundamental issue of economic rights because

00:23we all know to expand your family, you know, raising a family is very expensive. Expanding

00:28your family is very expensive, and being in control of those decisions is very important for

00:33a lot of people.