“No one goes the extra step to verify that we are really okay,” she adds.
One of the heaviest scenes features Mercedes and Terricka walking into the clinic in Jackson for an appointment.
“It has been a beautiful relationship with us.

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Throughout the hour Mercedes fights her instincts to give her daughter the autonomy she was never given.
“It’s important for people to see how today can become yesterday really fast,” Hall shares.
“It doesn’t feel real to know that our rights were completely stripped from us.

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