For abortion caregivers and advocates like Crystal Grabowski, 2022 has been a tricky 12 months. However, like many, Grabowski has responded to the traumatic Dobbs v. Jackson Ladies’s Well being Group ruling with renewed dedication.
“All of us knew it was coming however it was nonetheless actually devastating. It damage and it was extremely troublesome,” Grabowski tells Pittsburgh Metropolis Paper. “Regardless of that, I nonetheless realized from the expertise and it made me really feel much more devoted to the work throughout this time. I’ve a number of readability in regards to the work that I’m doing.”
Grabowski started her profession as center faculty English instructor earlier than leaving the sector 5 years in the past to pursue a trigger that had lengthy impressed her. “I used to be drawn to abortion entry as a result of I knew what it was wish to attempt to entry healthcare in a rural space, and I knew how essential it’s,” Grabowski says. “5 years later, and I’m nonetheless right here. I actually get pleasure from it and I do not plan on stopping.”
Whereas Grabowski has spent a lot of her time since June making certain individuals get the reproductive healthcare they want, she has additionally been working as a member of Deliberate Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania’s new bargaining committee to safe higher pay and sources for staff.
This, she says, goes hand in hand together with her work on the entrance strains. “You don’t have any staff with none employees.”
Crystal Grabowski. twitter.com/clozilly
