Adrienne Lawrence is an attorney and on-air legal analyst who focuses on gender equality issues. Adrienne also is the author of Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment, a first-of-its-kind sexual harassment survival guide, set to be published on May 12, 2020 by Penguin’s TarcherPerigee.
No magical fix will end sexual violence or guarantee survivors safety. But the body doesn’t know that—just as it doesn’t know not to ravage vital organs in the process of fighting COVID-19. Ultimately, it’s all about survival.
State law and corporate policy left Nicole Arteaga without recourse when a Walgreens pharmacist refused to fill her prescription for a medication abortion based on “ethical beliefs.”