Jan 21 2025 66 mins
Like abortion, sex ed is a human right, and in this episode, we draw parallels between comprehensive sex education and abortion access. We discuss how the moral panic around sex education fuels harmful taboos and enables abuse, and how terms like “pro-life” and “parental rights” are often weaponized to disguise far-right political agendas — one that strip kids, women, queer and trans people of their human rights by going after their safe spaces.
Featuring author Sheima Benembarek and Janani Suthan from the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
See the play that inspired the podcast. Get your tickets to Hypothetical Baby, on stage in Toronto from Feb 22 - Mar 8th.
Rachel Cairns follows up the launch of the second season of her podcast ABORSH (Winner of the Planned Parenthood Toronto’s Choice Award for excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights advocacy and education) with this highly anticipated remount production that mixes data and drama to publicly talk about abortion the way we do privately—with neurotic vulnerability, unflinching honesty, and frank irreverence.