Domestic Violence Advocates See ‘Reproductive Coercion’ Calls Double Post-Roe

Andrea Grimes
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Plus: Anti-Abortion Groups Use Lies, Fear to Muddy Ohio Issue 1 Repro Rights Vote

Here’s another edition of Hard to Believe It’s Only Tuesday, a weekly roundup of the top headlines, tweets, toks, takes, and more in abortion news. You can always email me (andrea.grimes@gmail.com, or grimesandrea@proton.me for more sensitive inquiries) or DM me on instagram with action items, takes, and news clips. This post is probably too long for email, so click the headline above or head to the HTBIOT page to get the full read in your browser, because you don’t want to miss this week’s Goodnight and Good Dunk!

PROGRAMMING NOTE: I’m looking for new photos to illustrate this newsletter, as the font of Creative Commons options on Flickr is not endlessly self-renewing. Have you taken photos at a public pro-abortion protest or other fun feminist event that you’d be willing to let me publish? I’ll credit folks, of course, and am happy to make a small donation to a cause of the photographer’s choosing if I end up using a pic. So! Please send photos my way — andrea dot grimes at gmail com — or tag me wherever your images already exist online, assuming it’s clear you have ownership/permission to share.

Photo courtesy of REACH Fund board member Livia Wallick

The big takeaway: Becca Andrews’ must-read profile of abortion provider Dr. Aaron Campbell is just so thorough and compassionate and refreshing — we get to see Dr. Campbell as a whole person while better understanding the toll that abortion provision can take on folks in 2023.

Plus: I’ve rounded up some of the best coverage of the Ohio Issue 1 vote below.

The Top Headlines

The Takes

  • Rewire‘s Jessica Mason Pieklo expects SCOTUS to take up the medication abortion case out of Texas: “The next thing to watch for is whether anti-choice advocates pull a Dobbs-style switcharoo (don’t forget that conservatives didn’t even initially ask the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade—they waited until after the justices agreed to hear the case to do so) and request that the justices pull mifepristone approval altogether.“
  • The Arizona Republic‘s Laurie Roberts has a whiplash-inducing rundown of Kari Lake’s many and various (mostly anti-) abortion stances.
  • Recent Northern Arizona University grad Emma Burns is in the Arizona Mirror sharing her experience with medication abortion: “The option to end my pregnancy in an environment familiar to me, surrounded by love, without extensive financial burden, is one I am forever grateful for. Though the abortion process was complicated for me logistically, financially, and emotionally, I am one of the lucky ones: I had a sound support system, a loving partner and the ability to afford the incredible cost of safe abortion materials.“

The Tweets/Toks/Grams

  • I appreciated We Testify‘s lens on the news that Britney Spears has shared her abortion story:

The Fuck Are We Supposed to Do About It?

  • 👕 SWAG OF THE WEEK! 👕
  • ✊🏿 Anywhere: It’s the self-managed abortion week of action! Here’s more from Abortion On Our Own Terms.
  • 📺 Anywhere: Check out the ANSIRH On Screen program’s latest resource sheet and recommendations on abortion portrayals on screen.
  • 👻 All over: the National Network of Abortion Funds and affiliated funds from all over the country are hosting a cornucopia of events through Halloween. Avail yourself!
  • 🤠 Texas: Have 2-4 hours a week to dedicate to abortion advocacy from late October-late November? Sign up for Avow Texas‘s abortion defender program.
  • 💻 Texas, for young people aged 15-24: Apply to join Jane’s Due Process’s 2023 Youth Content Squad. Applications are due Wednesday, October 25th.
  • 🤠 Houston: Celebrate the work of Jane’s Due Process supporting young folks’ abortion access on Wednesday, October 25th at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, with a special guest: youth activist Olivia Julianna.
  • 🤠 Dallas: The Afiya Center’s 15th anniversary gala — formal rodeo-inspired wear is “encouraged” — is Thursday, October 26th.
  • 💰 Anywhere, for Orgs: The Yellowhammer Fund‘s 2023 subgranting cycle is taking applications until Wednesday, November 1st.
  • 🧁 Denton, TX: The Texas Equal Access Fund’s Bakers for Babies Bake Sale on Sunday, November 19th benefits their upcoming infant care resource drive.
  • 👶🏼 Dallas, TX: The Texas Equal Access Fund’s infant care resource drive is Saturday, December 16th.
  • 🔬 Anywhere, for abortion fund leaders: Participate in a UCSF study!
  • 🦺 St. Louis area: Illinois’ Hope Clinic is looking for clinic escorts. Here’s how to learn more.
  • 🚗 Kentucky: The Kentucky Health Justice Network is looking for volunteer drivers and case managers.
  • 📱 North Texas: The Texas Equal Access Fund is looking for bilingual Spanish-speaking volunteers for their text line. Here’s where to sign up.
  • 📥 Anywhere: Looking for a job in repro? ReproJobs can help you spruce up your resume.
  • 🧑🏾‍⚕️ Anywhere, for medical residents training in abortion care: Obstetricians for Reproductive Justice and others will fund residents who need to travel out of state for abortion care training through December 2023 (or retroactively since July 1, 2022). Here’s how to apply.
  • 🤠 Texas: Local teen-friendly businesses in in Bryan, College Station, Lubbock, or San Angelo can become pickup spots for repro kits assembled by Jane’s Due Process. Here’s the application form.
  • ⛰️ Southwestern Virginia and Appalachia: The New River Abortion Access Fund is looking for volunteers.
  • 🗳️ Anywhere, U.S.: Hey Jane x Vote America is a neat new collaboration that helps prep voters to support pro-abortion policies and candidates

Goodnight and good dunk — No dunk this week, just a reminder from the Abortion Fund of Ohio!

That’s all for this week. I’m sure I’ve missed something you’d like to see featured in this roundup, for I am but one woman with a computer and an abortion-news-induced drinking problem. Holler at me — andrea.grimes@gmail.com or grimesandrea@proton.me for more sensitive inquiries, or DM me on Instagram, and I’ll try to add follow-ups as I’m able.

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