TUCSON, Ariz. — Women have had abortion rights in the united states for nearly 50 years. For some women who were alive before Roe v. Wade they saw the transformation of a society around bodily autonomy. For younger women, abortion rights has been a constant.
68-year-old Bonnie Heidler is for abortion rights. Heidler was only 19-years-old when Roe v. Wade was decided.On the other side of the abortion debate is 68-year-old Melody Myrand. Myrand says her religious upbringing helped form her stance. "When my mom was 11-months-old, my grandmother got pregnant again," Heidler said."She already had two little kids, plus my mom and she decided to have an abortion for whatever reasons. And my grandfather could afford it, but it was a back alley abortion. And she died, leaving my mom who was just 11-months-old.""When I went for a pregnancy test, they offered to give me an"adjustment" they didn't even use the word abortion," Myrand said.
"I did grow up in a pretty conservative right leaning home. My whole...hometown really was like that," Burno said."And so actually, I
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