For years, right-wing extremists have abused the courts to reshape American policy. Democracy Forward has stepped up to fight back for abortion access, labor rights, freedom of speech, and basic democratic freedoms in courtrooms across the country. They say there’s no community too small to be worth fighting for.

A queer Black doula from Albany, Georgia. A white business consultant and mother of four with deep New Orleans roots. On paper, Park Cannon and Aimee Adatto Freeman don’t appear to have much in common. But in state capitols 500 miles apart, both are working to make pregnancy and birth a little safer in their states, which are home to some of the worst maternal mortality rates and strictest abortion laws in the country.

Gray is in her second trimester of pregnancy when the pandemic hits home. As the world turns upside down, Gray's experience of becoming a mother is shaped in ways she could never have imagined. "Still, Life" follows the path to parenthood during a global crisis and nurturing new life in a year of so much death.