Exhibit A as a body of work is about exploring and sharing the material experience of aborting a fetus. From the beginning of realization, through the medical procedures + information, to the emotional grieving and ultimately; preservation of the precious.
In the fall of 2018, this fetus was at week 10, there was no heat beat, and it was RH positive. I am RH Negative, something I didn’t learn about myself until I started getting very sick. With out medical interventions like abortions, and medication- this scenario usually ends up fatal for the pregnant person. Technically at the time I was jobless and didn’t have health insurance - without social health care networks like OHP I would probably not be alive today, simply from getting pregnant.
In this America,
This body of work becomes increasingly relevant with each eroding right. Understanding that this is a life-saving procedure is imperative to the functionality and success of our society.