it's easy to forget exactly how recently many every-day aspects of life as a in 2020 were politically contentious/impossible. Roe ('73) gets a lot of attention, but couldn't get credit cards until 1974, could be fired if thru 78 & marital rape exemptions existed into 90s

another measure is what women believe they can do. Every conversation with my grandmother hammers home how my decisions to go to grad school, to be financially independent, to travel the world (pre-covid), to be unmarried/without children are a luxury her generation didn't have.

also, I cannot emphasize enough how much access to reliable and affordable birth control allows me to do the work I do and live the life that I want. Choosing how, if, and when you want to have kids is just... so integral to women's well-being.