Podcasts about new orleans abortion fund

Chasity Wilson (she/her), the Executive Director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund (NOAF), joins Black Feminist Rants in discussing the struggles of doing work that is so intertwined with your lived experience. Chastity also shares her experience leading an abortion fund post overturn of Roe v. Wade (Dobbs decision) and being the first Black Executive Director of NOAF. LaKia and Chasity talk about how Chasity balances being a first-time mom and Executive Director of an abortion fund. Action Items: Check out the New Orleans Abortion Fund to find resources for getting an abortion and donate so they can keep doing amazing work! Go to Access RJ to learn more about how they help people seeking care in California and support them with a donation! Since the Dobbs Decision over half of the people ACCESS RJ have been from outside of California, including: Texas, Arizona, Louisiana and more! Stay connected to BFR! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Sign up for the BFR Newsletter Do you want to be featured on the podcast or partner with Black Feminist Rants? Contact Us! Credits: Producer: LaKia Williams Audio Engineer and Technical Support: Annaya Baynes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lakia-williams8/message

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has been banned in more than a dozen states. As you choose your insurance plan for next year, you might be wondering: How does that affect my insurance plan? We learned two big things. First: There's no one answer (and few answers are settled yet). A lot depends on where you live, and where you work. But second: For lots of people, for a long time, insurance has rarely been a help in accessing abortion. Most people pay cash. And lots of people can't afford to.But there are organizations who have been tackling this issue for decades — abortion funds. We're big fans of when regular people find a way to help each other survive this messed-up, profit-driven health care system — and abortion funds are a huge example of that kind of effort. There's a lot we can learn from them. We talk with Oriaku Njoko, executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, and Tyler Barbarin, a board member with the New Orleans Abortion Fund, to learn from their experience. Here's a transcript of this episode. We'd love for you to support this show. Now is a great time to do it. This month, every dollar you donate is DOUBLED, thanks to NewsMatch and the Institute for Nonprofit News. Holy cow, what a deal. Here, go for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is easily one of the bravest people that I know and it's mystifying how that's solely due to the honesty in which she lives her life. AJ Haynes of Seratones is a frontwoman and activist from Shreveport, Louisiana that is challenging what you've come to expect of rock music. Seratones third album, Love & Algorhythms, is unabashedly celebratory of the multitudes of our modern age (along with being an unapologetically queer as f$%k album). Sonically the music plays with elements of dance, electronica, pop, and soul while lyrically the songs depict the flux of the human condition. That said, I should point out how music is so little of what we talked about, and more about how life itself eventually inspires the art that we make. Along with being a frontwoman, AJ is also the President of the Board of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, a non-profit organization that's fighting for a woman's right to choose, especially in the face of the recent Roe v. Wade decision. Together we chat about a wild myriad of topics such as being black outside of the US, the pivotal nature of AJ's work in abortion care, the need that comes from truly loving yourself, and yes; we do discuss how this all informs the music of Seratones. Please consider making a donation to the New Orleans Abortion Fund, you can learn more about the organization by visiting their website here. Also, be sure to check out Seratones performance of Good Day for the Stephen Colbert show.

Seratones frontwoman A.J. Haynes and her Shreveport, Louisiana-based band (bassist, Travis Stewart and drummer, Jesse Gabriel) released their disco-inspired, third album Love & Algorhythms, earlier this year. At the time of writing the album, A.J. was also working full-time as an Abortion Advocate in the last standing Abortion clinic in Louisiana, an experience that brought her close to burnout and informed much of the record's theme of liberation, Afro-Futurism and radical joy as a form of protest. She draws from the works of Black Feminist authors in her lyrics –– from civil rights activist, Toni Cade Bambara ("The Salt Eaters") to Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler ("Xenogenesis") and queer activist, Audre Lorde ("A Burst of Light" and "Sister Outsider"). While no longer working at an abortion clinic, she is still the President of the Board at the New Orleans Abortion Fund, and continues the fight for Reproductive Rights.Many thanks for making this possible — A.J. what an absolute force you are! I have learnt so much. Thank you to Fat Possum for use of songs from the album Get Gone. And to New West Records for songs from Power and Love & Algorhythms. And for support from Shazila Mohammed, Jaclyn Ulman and Devin Velez at Grandstand Media.Songs Featured: "Good Day," "Choking On Your Spit," "Don't Need It," "Power," "Fear," "Pleasure," "Get Free," "Two Of A Kind" and "Power of Your Light."To share your thoughts on this episode, email: celine.teoblockey@undertheradarmag.com Or leave a voice message here. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice in Wonderland is an essential piece of modern folklore, and yet... how many of us have ever read the book? Not as many as you'd think. So Jonny Holt (@jonnyliterati) and I sit down to discuss the logic of the trip, the morality of the crazy, and when you should eat oysters.Donations from this episode will go to the New Orleans Abortion Fund: https://t.co/x0rkct0kLsWant the rest of this episode? Join our Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/fuckboisoflitLove Emily's sense of humor? Pre-order her first novel: bit.ly/VVorderFollow Fuckbois of Lit on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflitThis is the live-action Alice show from the Disney Channel in the 90s: https://youtu.be/LWjLjPqwtk8 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Justin Hartley, President of the College Democrats of Louisiana, joins host Lynda Woolard to talk about CDLA's bold stances on issues impacting the state, the importance for Democrats to coalition build with local community groups, and the need for the party to pass the torch to the next generation. Connect with CDLA on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or through their linktree. Help with Justin's other work by connecting with and donating to the New Orleans Abortion Fund and Lift Louisiana. Also check out #MyLASexEd, a youth-driven campaign to encourage conversations around the lack of sex education in Louisiana and advocate for its expansion. Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and at LouisianaLefty.Rocks. Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Join BFR in a conversation with Erin Grant (they/them), Deputy Director of the Abortion Care Network, surrounding abortion bans, radical love, and the SCOTUS Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization oral arguments. JWHO is the only abortion clinic in Mississippi, and this anti-abortion law personifies the attack that abortion is under nationally, and especially in the Deep South. Action Items: Support your local abortion fund! Support southern abortion funds: ARC-Southeast, New Orleans Abortion Fund, Buckle Bunnies Donate to the Abortion Care Network Fill out the BFR Audience Survey (i love you!) And subscribe to the BFR Newsletter! Stay connected to BFR? Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter! Do you want to be featured on the podcast or partner with Black Feminist Rants? Contact Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lakia-williams8/message

On this episode we'll hear from Michelle Erenberg of Lift Louisiana, Steffani Bangel of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, Kathaleen Pittman and Merritt Rebouche from the Hope Medical Group for Women (at the center of the June Medical Services vs Russo case, decided just this past summer) and more about abortion access in Louisiana, the ongoing fight to oppose Amendment 1, and how communities face not just limited access to abortion, but limited access to healthcare in general. Abortion Funds--Please consider donating! New Orleans Abortion Fund: https://www.neworleansabortionfund.org/donate Lift Louisiana Funds: https://supportlift.networkforgood.com/ Amendment 1 https://liftlouisiana.org/content/understanding-amendment-1 Learn more about June Medical Services vs Russo https://www.hopemedical.com/ https://reproductiverights.org/case/june-medical-services-v-kliebert-ap https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-back-at-the-supreme-court-june-medical-services-llc-v-russo/ Podcasts with in depth coverage of June Medical Services vs Russo https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646 https://www.aaforce.org/podcasts/ https://www.reprosfightback.com/ Music in this episode provided by David Hyde. You can find more about his music below. Acoustic/Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/acoustic-folk-instrume...Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8 Track Info: Title: Acoustic Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals Genre and Mood: Country & Folk + Calm

Amy Irvin is the executive director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund and served as the first intake coordinator. She has worked at abortion clinics in New Orleans and Atlanta, and was recognized as the Volunteer of the Year by Planned Parenthood of Kentucky in 2006. She earned her Master of Science in Social Work at the University of Louisville where she researched the impact of parental consent laws for minors at the ACLU of Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Project, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Agnes Scott College. After undergraduate school she taught English as a Second Language, coordinated World Refugee Day activities, and developed a refugee childcare program at the International Rescue Committee. She's also a former union organizer with the United Food and Commercial Workers, organizing grocery store workers in Arizona and Indiana. The New Orleans Abortion Fund challenges the inequalities of class, gender, race, and immigrant status by providing financial help to people who cannot afford the full cost of an abortion. NOAF affirms a person's right to control their body and work to ensure that everyone has access to quality medical care. Jessie Nieblas, co-founder of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, received her Master of Public Health from Tulane University in the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Science and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara in Women's Studies. In her 10 years of work on sexual violence prevention and intervention, reproductive health and rights, and health care access, Jessie has designed, implemented, and evaluated programs; conducted outreach and engagement efforts with diverse communities; and raised funds through direct appeals, grants, and events. She has served as co-chair of Take Back the Night at UCSB, volunteered on RAINN's Online Hotline, and currently works at an anti-sexual violence organization. The mission of Women With A Vision is to improve the lives of marginalized women, their families, and communities by addressing the social conditions that hinder their health and well-being. We accomplish this through relentless advocacy, health education, supportive services, and community-based participatory research. The People's Assembly Protesters stage a 'die-in' over proposed abortion bill in Louisiana Maternal Mortality in Louisiana Sex Education in Louisiana Shout Your Abortion is a decentralized network of individuals talking about abortion on our own terms and encouraging others to do the same. Following the U.S. Congress's attempts to defund Planned Parenthood in 2015, the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion became a viral conduit for abortion storytelling, receiving extensive media coverage and positioning real human experiences at the center of America's abortion debate for the very first time. SYA quickly evolved into a grassroots movement, which has inspired countless individuals to share their abortion stories through art, media, and community events all over the country. Lindy West is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman (2016, Hachette Books) as well as the upcoming essay collection The Witches Are Coming (2019, Hachette Books). In 2018 she adapted Shrill as a half-hour comedy for Hulu, set to air in 2019. Her work has also appeared in This American Life, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, GQ, Vulture, Jezebel, The Stranger, and others. She is the founder of I Believe You, It's Not Your Fault, an advice blog for teens, as well as the co-founder of the reproductive rights destigmatization campaign #ShoutYourAbortion. Open Access is a bi-weekly web series produced by the New Orleans Abortion Fund, aims to engage advocates from local and statewide organizations about their work through casual conversation. Exploring the role of women in leadership, the possibility of collaboration between issue groups, and how reproductive rights fits into a larger framework, Open Access explores activism and advocacy in our community, and invites community members to become involved. ProFrequency on WHIV The New Orleans Abortion Fund's OutLoud is a new initiative that seeks to amplify experiences with abortion. From patients who have undergone the procedure to clinic escorts on the frontlines of anti-choice propaganda, abortion stories are everywhere.NOAF OutLoud aims to bring these narratives to the surface and ignite discussion about abortion by sharing stories at small house parties of friends. These informal gatherings utilize video, writing and conversation to explore our personal and professional experiences with abortion, and enlighten our understanding of reproductive health, rights and justice. Louisiana Abortion Stories Project: In conjunction with NOAF OutLoud, the Louisiana Abortion Stories Project seeks to address abortion stigma at the individual and community levels through recording first-person narratives. The project explores decision-making about abortion care; experiences with sex education; and the impact of community values and religious perspectives on reproductive health, education, and public policy, as well as a deeper examination of the social, logistical, and financial barriers in accessing abortion care. “1 in 4 U.S. woman will have an abortion by age 45.” Shrill is an American comedy web television series, based on the book Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West and starring Aidy Bryant, that premiered on March 15, 2019, on Hulu. Our Bodies, Our Doctors “tells the story of a rebellion in the field of medicine as a cohort of physicians faces abortion stigma within their own profession and confronts religious control over health care decisions. Their fight takes them into a larger struggle over the heart and soul of American medicine.”

Recently, a series of so-called "fetal heartbeat" bills have been circulating in various state legislatures. These bills are a extreme form of abortion restriction legislation which makes abortions illegal as soon as the so-called "embryonic or fetal heartbeat" can be detected, which is typically six weeks into the pregnancy and before most folks are certain that they're pregnant. Charleston DSA unequivocally rejects any attempt to restrict abortion rights and bodily autonomy. In the first segment, we analyze the difference between the various bills in different states, and how they compare and contrast to South Carolina's own so-called "fetal heartbeat" bill. In the second segment, we provide a socialist analysis of abortion rights and bodily autonomy, and explain how these bills are yet another example of class warfare. We highlight how these bills have nothing to do with “protecting life”, but are just another tool used by the predatory capitalist class to enslave us. We wrap up the episode by giving some examples of mutual aid and direct action that our comrades can use to push back against this latest push to eradicate the most fundamental of our rights: the right to control our own bodies. This episode was recorded when the state legislature was still in session. Since then, South Carolina's so-called "fetal heartbeat" bill has passed the house and moved on to the Senate. We have updated the list of resources to include contact information for South Carolina state senators. Contact your state representative: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?chamber=H Contact your state senator: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?chamber=S If you need an abortion here in the southeast, there are many groups across dedicated to raising funds or providing resources to help you. The National Network Of Abortion Funds: https://abortionfunds.org/ Richmond Reproductive Freedom Projects: http://www.rrfp.net/ Blue Ridge Abortion Fund: https://blueridgeabortionfund.org/ Carolina Abortion Fund: http://carolinaabortionfund.org/ Tennessee Reproductive Action Fund: https://sisterreach.org/ Access Reproductive Care — Southeast: http://www.arc-southeast.org/ Yellowhammer Fund: https://yellowhammerfund.org/ Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund: https://msreprofreedomfund.org/ New Orleans Abortion Fund: http://neworleansabortionfund.org/ North Florida Justice Fund: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-south-east-north-florida Central Florida Women's Emergency Fund: http://cflwef.org/ W.O.M.E.N.: https://abortionfunds.org/fund/w-o-m-e-n/ Emergency Medical Assistance Inc.: http://www.emawpb.org/ Women's Emergency Network: http://www.wen-online.org/ Music by David Rovics, Peg & The Rejected, Neil Cross, and 27 Hearts Beats

Of the six seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives that represent New Orleans, five of them are consistently held by Democrats. One, District 94 which consists of parts of Mid-City, Lakeview, Lakeshore, Bucktown and Metaire has been held historically by Republicans and currently is held by Stephanie Hilferty (R). Rep. Hilferty has consistently voted with her GOP colleagues as they deny progress and consistently pass draconian, regressive, bills. This week, on behalf of Indivisible New Orleans, Kenny announced that they will be endorsing and supporting Dr. Tammy Savoie (D) to be the next representative from District 94. Dr. Savoie joins us in studio to talk about what motivated her to run, her plans for the district and how you can get involved in flipping the Louisiana Legislature this fall. We were also joined by Amy Irvin, Executive Director of The New Orleans Abortion Fund to talk about the 6-week abortion ban that passed last week. Amy talks with us about what the GOP is trying to accomplish with this bill and the others like it that have passed in states like Alabama and Georgia, what advocates are doing to fight back and how you can get involved in the fight to protect a woman's right to bodily autonomy.  All this an more on this week's episode of #ResistanceRadio! Tune in!

If you're a woman, it's turning out to be a weird year. Suddenly we're all up in arms about whether or not the State is going to let you have an abortion. If you're a woman who would prefer to have the choice about whether or not to have an abortion, rather than leave that decision to a guy in Baton Rouge, Amy Irvin is your best friend. As the Executive Director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund, Amy is literally out there fighting for you. So, hey, cut her a bit of slack if she can't remember the phrase "pro choice" after a couple of cocktails. Theophile Bourgeois IV is a tattoo artist and the front man for New Orleans band Them Ol' Ghosts. Theophile, pronounced Thay-o-feel (it's very Cajun French) has graduated from tattooing drunk people from his old shop next to strip parlor, to working banker's hours from his shop on Oak Street, in Uptown New Orleans. TBIV has a disarmingly beautiful voice, even when singing the acerbic love song he wrote for his wife, "Bitch, I wrote this song for you" with tender loving lyrics like "“I know you’re worried I’m a narcissistic inconsiderate asshole, but don’t you worry baby ‘cause this heart belongs to you.” Given that we're almost halfway through the year, Theophile Bourgeois might be your best find of 2019 so far. If you're interested in the truth, so is Jonathan Blake Vasquez. Jonathan recently moved to New Orleans from Dallas, and brought his Truth Hurts Podcast with him. It's a no-punches-pulled look at life. And what we find out in this conversation is that the whole enterprise has the unlikely subversive intent of turning us all into Vegans.  Back to the being a woman thing again for a moment. If you're a woman, no doubt you've been hit on in almost every way imaginable. Well, guess what? There's one more way you hadn't imagined. Happy Hour photographer Alison Moon is back in town on a break from her stint as a grad student at Oxford University, with alarming tales of how the brainiac class of guys try and get women into bed. It's fairly unbelievable so in the interest of spoilers we won't ruin it for you. But if you've got time to kill, this insight is almost worth the whole price of admission to this Happy Hour. If you want to see some photos from this show, head over here. It's also available as a video at https://www.facebook.com/neworleanspodcasts/ Happy Hour is recorded live at Wayfare in Uptown New Orleans. Photos by Jill Lafleur.

Amy Irvin is this week’s revolutionary. Amy is the Executive Director of the New Orleans Abortion Fund. She joins us for radical conversation about her work, her journey and some of the challenges facing abortion rights today. Born in Central Ohio, Amy spent the early years of her childhood on the family farm until her parents divorce moved her, along with her mom and siblings, to a bigger city. She struggled financially growing up with her mother and into her early 20s, working to put herself through school. Amy talks to us about her experiences in college: how she felt free in the world of academia, enjoyed learning and took time off realign and travel, as well as her own personal experiences with abortion.Amy found her way to New Orleans, by way of Turkey, and experienced first hand how limited access to abortion resources was in the city, and the state of Louisiana . More, and more, certain lawmakers are making it harder and harder for women to, not only, exercise their right to choose but to access overall reproductive health resources. This is definitely a conversation that you don’t want to missSome Questions I Ask:Where did Amy grow up? (1:21)What made Amy return home from abroad? (41:17)For Amy to explain trap laws? (46:35)What are the most pressing feminiest issues at the moment? (1:07:42)In This Episode, You Will Learn:About a personal story that Amy shares (14:40)About the IRC (International Rescue Committee), and how Amy worked with them (22:08)About Amy’s experience canvassing on behalf of Union Rights (31:19)The importance of community (1:00:29)Host: JIllian FosterGuest: Amy IrvinResources:New Orleans Abortion Fund (NOAF)New Orleans Abortion Fund Bowl-A-Thon 2019NOAF OutLoudFacebookInstagram DonateThe Abortion Diary PodcastArticlesInside the Case-by-Case Battle Over ‘Roe v. Wade’ - Rolling StonesLouisiana abortions hit 10-year low, as state lawmakers continue push toward more restrictions -- The Advocate See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"Listening to the rhetoric of anti-abortionists in and outside of government, it sometimes takes an effort to remember that abortions have been happening for as long as there have been humans and the right to a safe abortion has been protected by the United States Constitution since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. But, this is Louisiana where even lost causes are never actually admitted to be lost. We talk in tongues, never saying in public what we mean in our hearts. Unless, of course, we slip and the bile in the form of hatred comes spewing out. Louisiana's fetus fetish grew out of the same cultural cul-de-sac that venerates confederate leaders but ignores their barbarous acts. Anti-abortionism uses the fetus to bludgeon the rights of women. It was not until the 1970s in Louisiana that women got the right to borrow money on their own. The resentment against that has never died down. Louisiana's restrictions on women's health options have much less to do with the alleged sacredness of life (the canard that is exposed every day in this state by a long litany of statistics ranging from high poverty rates, poor health outcomes, low levels of education, the highest rate of incarceration, etc.) than with the urgent desire of insecure men to maintain control over the lives of women. Thus, you have the anti-regulatory legislature passing an increasingly arcane set of regulations on abortion clinics. You have legislators in a state with high teen pregnancy rates fighting to keep sex education out of schools. And you have legislators gutting funding for the Department of Children and Family Services on one day while trying to tighten abortion regulations the next. We are a backwards state because our elected leaders consistently try to drag us back to a white male supremacy fantasy world of where everyone knew their place and Trey's son could get a job at a bank even it he couldn't count too well. The confederate monuments fight has served two extremely useful purposes. The first is that it has forced us to examine our history. Those monuments had nothing to do with the Civil War but much more to do with trumpeting the rule of white supremacy harkened by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. The second thing it has accomplished is peel back the thin veneer of politeness and exposed the ugliness that lurks just below it in the bright light of day. Women seeking abortions have seen this ugliness every time they have approached a clinic to exercise their right to a safe medical procedure. The people who protest and try to block them from exercising their right don't care about the women and they don't care about the fetus that the women want to abort. What they care about is attempting to exercise control over those women in a desperate attempt to cling to the illusion of a past that they can't allow themselves to comprehend. What unites opponents of removing confederate monuments with anti-abortion activists is the fear and hatred that lies at the core of their beliefs, but which erupt from time to time in ways that are so stark and pronounced as to reveal their alleged higher purpose to be a scam. Amy Irvin and I had a great conversation. I'm proud to be included as member of the New Orleans Abortion Fund board of directors."

Even for New Orleans, this is an unusual bar scene: a woman in a vagina costume, a drag queen, and a super sexy African American guy having drinks. Which one would you like to know about first? Okay, the drag queen. That s Kitty d Litter. It s 3pm on a Wednesday afternoon and Kitty is wearing what she calls "Day Drag." The difference between day and night drag is that day drag is a little more subdued. Yes, apparently walking around with gigantic costume jewelry, enormous eyelashes, high heels, and an eye catching electric blue dress is a step down from Kitty s regular attire. If you ve ever wondered why certain gay guys like to dress in drag and what it entails, check out this frank conversation. What would make you want to walk around dressed like a vagina, or more strictly, a vulva? Amy Irvin is making a point about women, their vaginas, and raising money for the New Orleans Abortion Fund of which she is Executive Director. The fund gives money to women who can t afford it to pay for an abortion. That sounds like a job that s about as serious as you can get. But if you want a lesson in how to get a difficult and contentious point across with humor and and reason, take a listen to Amy. J Sharp has the sexiest voice in New Orleans. That s not independently verified but you couldn't get much more of a cross section random sample of New Orleanians than around this table and they all agree. J is a co founder, keyboard player and singer in the super tightest and slickest funk band to come out of New Orleans in years - Water Seed. If you've heard any of the band's past 5 records or caught them at anything from Jazz Fest to their regular gig on Frenchmen Street, you'll agree. If you've never heard Water Seed and you like funk like Parliament and The Meters, consider your life changed. And check out their new record, "We Are Stars." Photos at Wayfare by Alison Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1973 the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade established the legal right to abortion in the United States. Since then, state legislative and executive bodies have battled to restrict access to abortions. Federal law banned the use of federal funds for most abortions in 1977, and public funding for abortion remains a contested issue. One recent study in Texas found that more than 200,000 women performed abortions on themselves because they weren’t able to find clinical services. From restrictive laws to a lack of information to violent attacks, the blocking of abortion access is eroding the reproductive rights of women. On this edition, we hear from women at the New Orleans Abortion Fund and Ibis Reproductive Health, as well as experiences from a doctor who provides abortions and a woman that sought abortion access in New Orleans, Louisiana. Featuring: Jessie Nieblas, New Orleans Abortion Fund Liza Fuentes, Ibis Reproductive Health Natalie, teacher in New Orleans Diary excerpt from Dr. Susan Wicklund, an abortion provider under attack, as performed for Making Contact by Words of Choice with Actor Claudia Scheider, Directed by Francesca Mantani Arkus,Created and Produced by Cindy Cooper

In 1973 the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade established the legal right to abortion in the United States. Since then, state legislative and executive bodies have battled to restrict access to abortions. Federal law banned the use of federal funds for most abortions in 1977, and public funding for abortion remains a contested issue. One recent study in Texas found that more than 200,000 women performed abortions on themselves because they weren’t able to find clinical services. From restrictive laws to a lack of information to violent attacks, the blocking of abortion access is eroding the reproductive rights of women. On this edition, we hear from women at the New Orleans Abortion Fund and Ibis Reproductive Health, as well as experiences from a doctor who provides abortions and a woman that sought abortion access in New Orleans, Louisiana. Featuring: Jessie Nieblas, New Orleans Abortion Fund Liza Fuentes, Ibis Reproductive Health Natalie, teacher in New Orleans Diary excerpt from Dr. Susan Wicklund, an abortion provider under attack, as performed for Making Contact by Words of Choice with Actor Claudia Scheider, Directed by Francesca Mantani Arkus,Created and Produced by Cindy Cooper

In 1973 the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade established the legal right to abortion in the United States. Since then, state legislative and executive bodies have battled to restrict access to abortions. Federal law banned the use of federal funds for most abortions in 1977, and public funding for abortion remains a contested issue. One recent study in Texas found that more than 200,000 women performed abortions on themselves because they weren’t able to find clinical services. From restrictive laws to a lack of information to violent attacks, the blocking of abortion access is eroding the reproductive rights of women. On this edition, we hear from the New Orleans Abortion Fund and Ibis Reproductive Health, as well as experiences from an abortion provider and a woman that sought abortion access in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In 1973 the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade established the legal right to abortion in the United States. Since then, state legislative and executive bodies have battled to restrict access to abortions. Federal law banned the use of federal funds for most abortions in 1977, and public funding for abortion remains a contested issue. One recent study in Texas found that more than 200,000 women performed abortions on themselves because they weren’t able to find clinical services. From restrictive laws to a lack of information to violent attacks, the blocking of abortion access is eroding the reproductive rights of women. On this edition, we hear from the New Orleans Abortion Fund and Ibis Reproductive Health, as well as experiences from an abortion provider and a woman that sought abortion access in New Orleans, Louisiana.