i want to welcome back to the show, abortion activist paxton smith, the valedictorian.od the importance of the moment when you made your speech. >> honestly, it's been a lot of fear on my side and sadness on my side. looking at the world that we've just stepped and to really. my home state is criminalizing abortion within the next 30 days, which means the people who provide abortions can be spending up to life sentences and present, neighboring states are banning abortion as well, and states are trying to pass laws so that you can't make it -- make it so that you can't travel to other states to get abortion care. the passing laws to make it so that medication, abortion cannot get mailed to you. it is a very scary time to be looking at. to see that even the options that we thought we had open to us before, they are completely gone. for everyone. >> i'm really curious what kind of conversations you have been having in the last week with your peers, other people who are in your age group. one of the facts about this moment is that there is nobody alive of reproductive age