‘On the Divide’: Fighting for Choice in the Rio Grande Valley

For years, McAllen, Texas, has been at the front lines in the struggle for reproductive access in the country. The city has only one abortion provider, the Whole Woman’s Health Clinic, serving more than one million people in the area. It took them seven years, but filmmakers Maya Cueva and Leah Galant documented the community’s story, trying to look past the polarizing sides of the debate, to focus on how people live in the gray areas of those two extremes.

In this episode, they discuss their documentary “On the Divide” and explore the following question: What does choice mean without any options?