Episode 181 Action Items

Follow Hannah on Twitter and her website stay up-to-date on her work.

Find You or Someone You Love: Reflections from an Abortion Doula on bookshop.org.

If you are interested in becoming an abortion doula, familiarize yourself with the reproductive justice needs in your community through being in contact with your local abortion fund and abortion clinics. Look into abortion doula trainings that may be connected to your local funds.

Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings and Cornerstone feature helpful training and resources.

All Options and Exhale are hotlines and text lines that are also possible to get involved in.

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Episode 180 Action Items

Make sure to follow Fòs Feminista on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date on their work.

You can also follow Fòs Feminista organizational partners on Twitter, including CommonHealth on Twitter, KMET on Twitter, GIWYN on Twitter, and Oriéntame on Twitter.

 Dive deeper into the new report-- The Global Impact of the Dobbs Decision on Abortion Laws, Policies, Legislation, Narratives, and Movements: Findings from Colombia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria -- featuring reflections from Colombia, Kenya, India, and Nigeria.

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Episode 179 Action Items

Check out Lauren’s book, Bodies on the Line, here! You can also keep up with Lauren’s work but following her on Twitter.

Rally for abortion protections in your community. If you are interested in becoming a clinic escort and you live in a state where abortion is still legal, reach out to your local clinic and see if there is a pre-existing escort group. If not, make your own!

You can also contact the abortion fund near you and see if there is anything that they need. You can also donate here.

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Episode 178 Action Items

Follow the National Domestic Violence Hotline on Twitter and Facebook.

If you are experiencing intimate partner violence, domestic violence, or reproductive violence, you can reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline via call 1-800-799-SAFE, text to 88788, or chat on the website. Find more information here.

If you can, donate to your local or national domestic violence organizations.

In an effort to shift the cultural narrative, share information about intimate partner violence, domestic violence, reproductive abuse, and lack of abortion access among your family in your family and friends. If you would like to or feel safe, share your story.

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Episode 176 Action Items

Follow the Louisiana Abortion Fund on Twitter and Facebook here. You can also find their website here—feel free to support! Donate your time, funds or capacity to abortion funds if you can. The leadership that is on-the-ground and has been doing this work for a long time.

You can find the Louisiana Abortion Fund’s Podcast, the South Has the Answers, here. You can also check out the Louisiana Abortion Fund’s 2022 Annual Report.

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Episode 175 Action Items

First and foremost, follow Free the Pill on Twitter and Facebook and stay up-to-date on their amazing work. You can also sign up for email updates from Free the Pill here.

 Advocates for Youth features a Free the Pill Youth Council, which works in communities across the country to expand access to an affordable birth control pill.

Talk to people in your life about birth control, health equity, and the importance of eliminating barriers to access!

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Episode 174 Action Items

Follow Amnesty International on Twitter and Facebook.

Stay engaged and take heart. The majority of people around the world—3 out of 5—believe that abortion should be legal. Talk about abortion, how it’s normal, safe, healthcare and a human right.

If you have money to give, give to an abortion fund! If donating isn’t an option, figure out a way to become involved—whether going to events, volunteering, or more. 

Reach out to your local council members and elected officials, and make sure they know that abortion access is important to you as a constituent. You can also call your federal elected officials! The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.

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Episode 173 Action Items

Follow Becca Andrews on Twitter, find her pieces on Reckon News, and check out her book.

Set up reoccurring donations to BIPOC- and low-income and queer-led abortion funds. These grassroots organizations are providing safe, dependable mutual aid for those who are particularly in need.

Support organizations like We Testify, who are erasing abortion stigma one story at a time.

As appropriations season ramps up, tell your Congress members that reproductive health and rights is funded—that UNFPA, Title X, international family planning is funded, and the Helms amendment and Hyde amendment is repealed. The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.

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Episode 172 Action Items

Follow the Council for Global Equality on Twitter and Facebook, as well as Convening for Equality on Twitter.

Pay attention to the way these conservative and evangelical ideologies are informing similar laws around the world. For a deeper dive on the global anti-gender movement, find the past podcast with Beirne here.

Ask your representatives what they are doing on the bill in Uganda. You can call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Continue your allyship to the LGBTQI+ people around you. Stay open, continue listening, and continue to be kind.

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Episode 170 Action Items

Follow the O’Neill Institute on Twitter and Facebook to stay up-to-date with their important work.

Learn, discuss, and generate spaces for dialogue! Access the O’Neill Institute’s website, which features publications and accessible translations on legal abortion rights in Latin America that you can share.

Continue to have conversations with those in your inner circles on sexual and reproductive health, including abortion.

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Episode 166 Action Items

Follow Mark Joseph Stern on Twitter and read more writings on Slate here.

Read the decision and get a sense of the anti-science, anti-medicine rhetoric. Talk to friends, family members, and state and local legislators about why it’s unacceptable that one judge hypothetically has the power to impact nationwide access to medication abortion.

Do not panic-buy abortion medication to keep in your cabinets (there are many people who need that medication right now), but if you are worried for yourself or your friend’s and family’s access, you can buy a few at aidaccess.org.

Donate to abortion funds in states that border red states, such as New Mexico.

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Episode 165 Action Items

First, follow Fòs Feminista on Twitter and Facebook to stay updated on their incredible work.

Contact your Congresspeople and tell them to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule by supporting and passing the Global HER Act. If your Congressperson is already a co-sponsor, thank them! You can also ask them to find other avenues of moving the bill forward. Contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Those impacted by the GGR are real people who are experiencing harm each day; follow and engage with the organizations who are have to hurdle the burdens put in place by the GGR.

Check out the Global HER Project, which features a musical about the Global Gag Rule, which is supported by Fòs Feminista.

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Episode 164 Action Items

Follow Population Institute on Facebook and Twitter.

Learn more by reading the new report, Connecting the Dots: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as Prerequisites for Global Gender Equality and Empowerment, here.

Learn more about Fòs Feminista’s index of sexual and reproductive health and rights here.

Contact your Congressmembers and tell them to permanently repeal the Helms amendment, repeal the Global Gag Rule, and support robust funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights. The number for the Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121.

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Episode 162 Action Items

Follow Erin Reed on Twitter and stay up-to-date; find Erin’s recent piece, the Anti-Trans State of the States, here, and Erin’s Substack here.

Ensuring that gender-affirming care and abortion is enshrined in state constitutions around the country will protect trans folks and those who need abortions before heinous attacks on issues of bodily autonomy can occur. Contact your state and local legislators and urge them to protect trans health and rights.

Remember that this is not only a legislative battle, but also one of culture. Make sure your friends, family, and children know about and respect the existence of trans folks.

Read banned books and books by transgender authors.

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