Hundreds of thousands of American womenterminate pregnancies each year. But in the past decade, state governments around the country have enacted a series of laws that reproductive justice advocates argue impede women's access to safe, legal abortion.
The Lady Parts Justice League (LPJL) is a group of successful comics who use stand-up, sketch, and multimedia comedy to start conversations about reproductive justice. The League performs its show, “You Should Smile More and Other Manspirational Observations” at The Cat's Cradle inCarrborotonight at 8 p.m.
Host Frank Stasio previews the performance with LizzWinstead, creator of LPJL and co-founder of The Daily Show, and standup-comic JoyelleJohnson.
Here's one of their spoof videos made about Louisiana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vbqR2969d8