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With spring right around the corner, it’s the perfect season for direct action! There’s also no better time to get involved in the fight for reproductive justice. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Louisiana’s admitting privileges law, which could decimate abortion access in the state.[1] We know that the right to abortion has never ensured access, but this law is designed to hurt those most marginalized: people of color, trans and queer folks, people living in rural areas, and low-income people.
Check out Reproaction’s Twitter thread from the rally outside the Supreme Court last week!
Here’s what’s happening this month:
How to Talk about Abortion and Bust Stigma Training
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Falls Church, Virginia
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sign up here for event location.
How we talk about attacks on abortion access plays a crucial role in our ability to shift from playing defense to actually winning.
Join NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, Falls Church Healthcare Center and Reproaction for an interactive training. We’ll show you how to identify abortion stigma, bust myths, and have real transformative conversations. We will talk about the impact abortion stigma has on healthcare access, policy and our communities. Participants are welcome to bring their own questions.
Sign-up is required.
![Photo of a group of people outside of the Falls Church Healthcare Center holding positive signs that read, “Trust Women” and “Honk for Choice”]](https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/data/000/378/672/original/DMV.png "Photo of a group of people outside of the Falls Church Healthcare Center holding positive signs that read, “Trust Women” and “Honk for Choice”]")
Positive Presence at the Falls Church Healthcare Center
Saturday, March 14, 2020
600 S. Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
We start at 8:30 a.m. and go until 10:30 a.m., but feel free to join us anytime in between.
Sign up here.
Join us for our March Positive Presence in honor of the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers! We'll stand outside the Falls Church Healthcare Center, where the clinic staff and escorts can see us, and be a supportive, positive presence to counter the negativity of anti-choice protesters.
A carpool from the East Falls Church Metro (Orange/Silver), or within Northern Virginia is available.
Sign up here.
Kiss Me I’m Pro-Abortion, Pro-Family, and Pro-Justice!
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 | All Day.
Twitter: Follow us here.
Want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and advocate for reproductive justice? Lucky for you, we’ll be on Twitter doing just that! Follow Reproaction on Twitter to retweet and like our tweets on Tuesday, March 17!
Expose Fake Clinics in DC: April Fools’ Edition!
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Feel free to join us anytime!)
Washington, D.C.
Sign up here for logistical information.
Tired of anti-abortion fake clinics fooling pregnant people with misinformation and lies? Join us for a special April Fools’ Day-themed #ExposeFakeClinics action in D.C.!
Everyone deserves the right to receive medically accurate information about their pregnancy so they can make informed decisions about their health. Yet throughout the DMV, fake clinics work to dissuade pregnant people from seeking abortions by spreading misinformation. There are more than 2,500 of these fake clinics in the United States (check out our Fake Clinic Database here), and many receive state and federal funding. Often, these clinics go unchecked, and continue to promote anti-abortion ideology in our communities.
It's on us to demand accountability and expose fake clinics in our community. We plan on protesting outside of a fake clinic and flyering with information about where people can access real abortion care and parenting resources.
Sign up here.
Do you love direct action? Make sure you’re on the list of activists we contact directly about opportunities to take direct action in the DMV. You can sign up here.
Thank you for fighting for reproductive justice with us.
In Solidarity,
Caitlin Blunnie
Organizing Lead, Reproaction
P.S. We're organizing to win, donate to support our work.
- https://beta.reproductiverights.org/case/scotus-june-medical-services/
