Action:
We protested the “pro-life,” anti-LGBTQ group Concerned Women for America’s 40th anniversary gala at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. The keynote speaker that night was Vice President Mike Pence and we made sure he saw our signs as he left in his motorcade.
Pamela participated as a panelist on the closing panel on women’s health and patient autonomy at the 2019 Missouri Family Planning Conference in Columbia, MO.
Erin emceed an event where her longtime mentor, march organizer extraordinaire Alice Cohan, received a lifetime achievement award from the National Organization for Women. Alice brought more than a million people to the National Mall for the 2004 March for Women’s Lives, the largest demonstration in history at that time. Learn more about Alice’s work in a video interview Erin conducted for the Veteran Feminists of America Pioneer Histories Project here.
Evonnia hosted the first self-managed abortion community forum in Columbia, Missouri and moderated the discussion afterwards focused on raising awareness to the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion.
We hosted a Community Forum on self-managed abortion at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The panel featured our own co-founder/co-director, Pamela Merritt and our past Arkansas Fellow, Camille Richoux.
Did you miss our latest webinars? No worries – we’ve got you covered. Listen to a recording of Laughing to Cope: Comedy and Reproductive Justice here.
On Our Blog:
Jessica demanded members of Congress be held accountable for their comments about jail time for people who have abortions.
Kylie asked if anyone else had had it with the myth of abortion pill reversal.
Evonnia summed up the summer of direct action in Missouri. She also covered our #StopProsecutingAbortion campaign, which is heating up in the state.
Caitlin covered our storytelling action in Northern Virginia.
Kara wrote about conservatives bringing their bunk censorship claims to the Senate – again.
Brittany debuted on our blog with a post about simultaneous direct actions to expose fake clinics in St. Louis.
Nataley was busy this month! She wrote about taking our campaign spreading the word on Act 292 to rural Wisconsin. She also covered flyering actions at free and low-cost prenatal care providers and at a local laundromat. And she dove into fetal personhood policies and their similarities to Act 292.
Reproaction in the News
Pamela was quoted on NPR's All Things Considered radio segment and in subsequent article, “With Abortion Restrictions On The Rise, Some Women Induce Their Own.”
Our Fake Clinic Database was highlighted in The Davidson in an article about crisis pregnancy centers.
Get Involved
Save the date for our next Act and Learn webinar, Gun Violence and Reproductive Oppression, taking place at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 22.
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Erin, Pamela, Caitlin, Elizabeth, Evonnia, Jessica, Kara, Nataley, Shireen, Clay, Kylie, Magge, Rachel, Sha’Tisha, Veronika, Brittany, and the Reproaction team
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