Back in the 1960s – before Gloria Allred became one of America’s most
prominent women’s rights attorneys – she says she was raped at gunpoint. She became
pregnant and had a back-alley abortion that nearly killed her.
“It did teach me a lesson,” Allred tells Art of Power host Aarti Shahani. “And the
lesson is that abortion should be safe, legal, affordable and available.”
In conversation with Shahani, Allred explains how that traumatic life event changed
her worldview and preceded her decades-long career in civil rights law (10:20). She
explains why she uses a cheeky sense of humor to get what she needs (4:30) and how
she’s represented some of the most famed names in women’s rights, including “Jane
Roe” of Roe v. Wade and O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson (14:35). Plus,
Allred defends a long-standing practice she’s been criticized for: negotiating
non-disclosure agreements (26:20).
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