Hi john,

How are you holding up, friend? The shit storm of the next four years has only just begun, and we know it’s taking everything we’ve collectively got to push through the rage and live in the day-to-day. Here at Abortion Access Front, we’re determined to chase this cyclone through 2025 telling stories, keeping you updated, and countering all of the anti-abortion misinformation we can!

So buckle up, because this year is going to rock the hell out of us but we are going to be prepared – and so are you! The mainstream media may not cover all of the ways abortion is under attack, but we sure as hell will.

Six Degrees of Fake Clinics
As I’m sure all of us are aware, people are scrambling across the country to figure out what, exactly, the impacts will be from Trump’s spending freeze – with very real worries that programs like SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, school lunches, etc. will be on the chopping block. You know, nbd, just those government programs which are actually the “help” given by fake clinics! Tell us how this makes sense: sign people up for government programs, convince yourself you’ve saved them, pat yourself on the back…and then turn around and vote for the people that are trying to take those programs away?l

Today Is Not Opposite Day, Claudia — You Can’t Just Make Shit Up
A NY Congresswoman reintroduced an act to “protect” fake clinics by elevating charges, increasing fines, and raising mandatory minimum sentences. All happening, of course, while Trump pardons 23 anti-abortion extremists convicted of violating the FACE Act, the law that was enacted in the 1990s to prohibit anti-abortion protesters from blocking entry to abortion clinics and signed after the murder of Dr. David Gunn…AND instructing the DOJ to limit enforcement of the FACE Act only in “extraordinary circumstances”. So let us get this straight: scrap FACE and make it more dangerous for abortion providers and advocates, who actually do face violence and harassment, but increase protections for fake clinics, who lie to pregnant folks and BARELY EVER ARE HARASSED? Excuse us while we roll our eyes forever.

Stop Giving Clowns a Bad Name
Take this chump, for example – fake clinic CEO Kevin Bagatta on Fox News talking about all of their programming…but doesn’t talk about what they actually do! Hell, even just supporting folks from pregnancy through 24 months…do they think that raising children just becomes free after 2 years? Aren’t children a literal lifetime commitment? AND he wants to direct actual federal funding to fake clinics? That’s some CLOWN SHIT, Kevin.

HOW YOU CAN FIGHT BACK!
We refuse to be stuck in the bad place forever, so do yourself a favor and click to our Activist Calendar below and find ways to get involved in the fight!

Not feeling like you wanna dig around a calendar? Here are this week’s highlights!

SOMETHING TO DO RIGHT NOW 

Volunteer Skill Share!
You have the skills, we’ve got the clinics – let’s put them together! Fill out our Volunteer Skill Share form, and if the time comes where a clinic could use that support, we’ll hook y’all up! Trust us…everybody has skills to share. Baking, landscaping, graphic design, video editing, accounting, painting…whatever you’re good at and would love to help with, put it down.

We can all help out in our own ways – fill out the form below now and help us build up our network to support abortion!!

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME DOPE EVENTS THIS WEEK

Abortion Knowledge Is Community Power!
Are you a health and/or social service provider who’d like to up their abortion support game? Provide put together the perfect training to help you develop a clearer understanding of your own values around abortion, gain medically-accurate knowledge about abortion care, and practice making referrals during their ‘Supporting People Seeking Abortion’ on Wednesday, February 5th from 12pm to 4pm ET – registration link here!

Reproductive Health Needs To Include ALL Of Us!
When we say every person has a right to accessible abortion care, we mean EVERY person – and disability justice in reproductive healthcare is too often overlooked! Join Midwest Access Project for ‘Promoting Reproductive Health Equity for Disability Communities’ to learn more about disability justice and the barriers that people in the disability community face when seeking out healthcare services on Tuesday, February 11th from 5:30pm to 7pm ET – registration link here!

Can You Kick Some Cash Into Our Kitty?
Now more than ever Abortion Access Front could use your support. If we made you smarter or helped you engage with fellow do-gooders, please consider dropping a few dollars in the coffers to help us keep the work going!

It’s been a furious few weeks, folks, and when you need community – this space will be here! We’re all in this together.

We’ve got your back,
Xo Team Abortion AF