Haleigh Meyers and Kaitlyn Joshua

Haleigh Meyers (HM) and Kaitlin Joshua (KJ) remember meeting in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura.

HM recounts her experience with her doctor during her miscarriage and how the experience put her in a dark place. She appreciates KJ for letting her know that she's not alone.

HM reflects on what it means to fight for reproductive rights. She hopes that the abortion ban will be lifted in Louisiana and that she and her family will be able to move on.

KJ considers how many women have been in the same position as her and HM.

KJ describes feeling excited to meet HM and to have a new friend.

HM tells the story of her miscarriage, from feeling shocked and nervous when she found out she was pregnant to her hospital visit during the miscarriage itself. She explains that she hadn't known that Louisiana's abortion ban would compromise the care that people who couldn't carry a pregnancy to term would receive.

HM and KJ appreciate that speaking out has shown them that they aren't alone.

HM explains why she confided in KJ during her miscarriage.

HM wonders what life would've been like if she hadn't miscarried.

KJ clarifies that she met HM in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura because she was conducting outreach with the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, meeting folks who were displaced by the hurricane.

HM shares her first impressions of KJ and compares the resources that KJ seemed to have to her own upbringing in foster care.

HM and KJ recount the insulting experience of hearing doctors question whether they were pregnant at all during their miscarriages.

KJ expresses that the onus is on her, and on all of us, to uplift concerns about access to reproductive healthcare.

HM and KJ describe their text message conversation during HM's miscarriage. KJ hopes she led with compassion and HM shares that she was confident in KJ's caring nature.

KJ believes that it's important to flood the streets with stories like hers and HM's to bring humanity into, and politics out of, the topic of reproductive rights.

KJ considers how her miscarriage put her in a place of solitude and appreciates her sister, HM, and other community members for getting her out of that dark place. She emphasizes the importance of taking pain and turning it into power.

HM recalls feeling abandoned during her miscarriage and expresses her faith that everything happens for a reason.