Ashlyn will be leading the upcoming industry reading of HEARTBEATS, a 2024 O'Neill NMTC Semi-Finalist, that tells the story of Eve- a driven, idealistic, and accidentally pregnant Indiana 17-year-old, just as she's about to follow her dreams at college. After a thwarted illegal abortion attempt, Eve ends up in the New Life Unit: a pilot prison program created by the federal government since the passage of the Unborn Protection Act, which codified abortion as murder.