Megan Jeyifo | Chicagoans of the Year 2022

This spring, Megan Jeyifo was in the car, dropping her 7-year-old twins at school, when a radio news story mentioned abortion. That’s when Jeyifo’s daughter turned to her brother and matter-of-factly said, “Mom had an abortion.”

“She did?” he responded.

“Yeah,” said her daughter. “She got pregnant, she made herself unpregnant, and then she had us.”

“Oh my God, it is that simple,” Jeyifo remembers thinking. Abortion didn’t have to be shameful, she realized. It could be something people talked about openly. Jeyifo, the executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund, has come to believe that access isn’t enough — destigmatizing abortion is just as essential.

Read the full article: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2022/chicagoans-of-the-year/

Video by Ross Feighery.

Видео Megan Jeyifo | Chicagoans of the Year 2022 канала Chicago magazine