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Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett and the powerful anti-abortion interest groups who support her, want to not only throw doctors and people who have abortions in jail, but also criminalize those who use in vitro fertilization procedures to start or grow their families. Help #BlockBarrett. Check out our campaign and our latest video here.

We released our latest video showcasing how Big ‘Pro-Life’ is making a deadly pandemic worse. Watch it here.

Erin presented on Medication Abortion: Just The Facts in honor of the 20th anniversary of FDA approval of Mifepristone. Watch a recording here.

Image with Blue background. Title: Medication Abortion: Just the Facts. Moderator: Imani Perry, Panelists: Erin Matson, Dr. Jamilla Perritt, Maleeha Aziz, Diane Thu-Thua Rhodes
We celebrated World Contraception Day with some awesome memes and tweets!

Alt-text: A tweet from the Reproaction account @reproaction says Give students all the resources they need for their sexual and reproductive health!! #WorldContraceptionDay. There is a meme of a picture of Drake holding his hand out as if to say ‘no’ and the text colleges only providing free condoms for students on top of a picture of Drake pointing as if to say ‘yes’ and the text colleges providing free condoms AND Plan-B
Evonnia moderated a local organizing webinar, Black Maternal Health: Considerations for a Holistic Approach which covered three imperatives for maternal health and wellbeing: importance of birth control access, judicial bypass laws, and parental leave.

Pamela presented on the Reproductive Justice framework and Reproaction’s work to West Coast members of American Medical Students Association. She was also a speaker at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Medical Students for Choice Introductory lunch.

Join Reproaction and National Advocates for Pregnant Women for a screening of the documentary Personhood: Policing Pregnant Women in America which explores the dangerous consequences of fetal personhood laws. You can watch the documentary any time between October 24, 2020 at 9 a.m. CT and October 29, 2020 at 7 p.m. CT with the code NAPW10. And please tune in for a live (virtual) panel discussion and Q&A with Reproaction, director and producer Jo Ardinger, and NAPW on October 29, 2020 at 7 p.m. CT. Sign up here.

Alt Text: a poster for the documentary Personhood. A colorful yellow and pink graphic of a person with medium length hair looking at the camera is in the middle of the photo with the words: Personhood: Policing Pregnant Women in America. The words: In the interest of Unborn Child and Tamara Loertscher are written in yellow against a black backdrop.
Did you miss our latest webinars? No worries – we’ve got you covered. Listen to a recording of #FreeBritney? Respecting the Autonomy and Decision-Making of People with Disabilities here and a recording of Beyond Roe here.

Reproaction in the News

Pamela was quoted in Vice about conservatives’ new (and ridiculous) Baby Lives Matter messaging.

Erin wrote about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fight for abortion access for Rewire News Group. She was also quoted in a second Rewire News Group piece about self-managed abortion which included a video of a panel she participated in around medication abortion.

Erin also covered Amy Coney Barrett and how she is out of step with most American Catholics for Courier.

Erin spoke to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about removing restrictions to abortion pills.

Get Involved

Save the date for our next Act and Learn webinar, Racism and Anti-Abortion Fake Clinics, taking place a 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 17.

Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the most up-to-date information on what we’re up to and how you can get involved.

Erin, Pamela, Caitlin, Elizabeth, Evonnia, Jessica, Kara, Nataley, Shireen, Tenaja, Sarah, and the Reproaction team

P.S. Trick or treat! We accept bite-size candy bars or donations to help expand access to abortion.

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