Unfolding Secrets: Jill Christman Reveals the Hidden Truths Behind The Heart Folds Early
JC: Right. Then June 24, 2022 happened, and even though we’d all seen that day coming, it was stunning, right? And I was like What the actual fuck? I was furious. I was heartbroken. I felt like someone was shaking me from behind to get the book out, and I knew I was going back in. I didn’t understand until that moment the urgency of telling this story, the reason why I’m doing what I am doing, which is writing a book about abortion. Moving forward does not mean never looking back.
NJB: In a lot of ways, it feels like we are moving backwards. In Michigan, where I live, we actually voted to keep abortion legal as part of our state constitution. But in Indiana, where you live, the ban is almost total. That’s so hard to fathom, and yet it’s the reality for women all over the country right now.
