This podcast episode includes descriptions of rape and sexual assault.
Starting when she was 12 years old, Ruth Solorzano suffered rape and sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Edwin Cuxeva. It went on for 7 years. As a result, Solorzano had to get six abortions at different abortion clinics across California, using a fake name so there would be no record.
After keeping the abuse a secret for years, Solorzano went to the police in 2021 and Cuxeva was sentenced to 28 years in prison last year.
In post-Roe U.S., children who experience abuse like Solorzano may not have access to abortion procedures. Solorzano joins us to tell her story, along with Raheem Hosseini, race and equity editor for the San Francisco Chronicle who wrote an article about Solorzano.
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