As they say, some news: I'm now Director of @rePROsFightBack
Creating & hosting rePROs Fight Back has been a dream. I am so excited to see this dream grow into something bigger and better. We are growing @rePROsFightBack into an initiate that will solely focus on SRHRJ.
rePROs Fight Back is GROWING! 🌱 In addition to the podcast, we are expanding to include more education and advocacy on global and domestic SRHRJ via resources and other take action items. We see a future in which everyone freely exercises bodily autonomy- this is the new rePROs.
This week on @rePROsFightBack I talked to the wonderful Varina Winder w/ The Arch Collaborative re: the pronatalist movement in the U.S. & what an actual "pro-family" vision would look like. Come for the amazing conversation stay for the book recs #podcast reprosfightback.com/episodes…
Get your copy of The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood by Dr. Grace Howard at Bookshop or your local bookstore ➡️ bookshop.org/p/books/the-pre…
🚨New Episode🚨
Today on @rePROsFightBack I talk to the fantastic Dr. Grace Howard re: her must read book The Pregnancy Policy: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood. It "traces the long history of state attempts to regulate & control people who have the capacity for pregnancy."
Dr. Grace Howard's new book, The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood, "traces the long history of state attempts to regulate and control people who have the capacity for pregnancy." Learn more in our new episode: reprosfightback.com/episodes…
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The Trump admin has consistently misrepresented & undermined the #FACEAct—passed in '94 to address a surge in violence & harassment towards abortion clinics—incl. pardoning 23 anti-abortion extremists convicted of violating the act & going after the litigators who prosecuted them
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🚨 New Episode 🚨
This week on @rePROsFightBack we have two wonderful storytellers with We Testify on the #podcast sharing their abortion stories.
Thank you to Candace and Trenece for sharing your stories. And thank you to We Testify for your help in making this episode happen.
Everyone loves someone who had an abortion.
This week on @rePROsFightBack, we have another incredibly special installment of our storytellers podcast series! Tune in to hear the abortion stories of Candace and Trenece, abortion storytellers from @AbortionStories đź’›
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🚨 New Episode 🚨
This week on @rePROsFightBack we have a special episode featuring two amazing @AbortionStories abortion storytellers.
A very heartfelt thank you Dr. Brendane A. Tynes and Kiah for sharing your stories. đź’ś
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Your reason is the right reason. This week, for an incredibly special part three of our storytellers podcast series, tune in to hear the abortion stories of Dr. Brendane A. Tynes and Kiah, abortion storytellers from @AbortionStories: reprosfightback.com/episodes…
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🚨 New Episode 🚨
This week on @rePROsFightBack I talk to the wonderful Amy Chen @NHeLP_org about the important role of doulas and Medicaid coverage of doula care. #podcast
This week, Amy Chen, Senior Attorney at @NHeLP_org, sits down to talk with us about the importance and benefits of doulas, Medicaid coverage of this care, and the challenges the U.S. faces in getting closer to a more supported, equitable birthing reality.
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I’ll be speaking at the @rePROsFightBack 50-State Report Card webinar tomorrow to break down how reproductive health access varies across the U.S. and what’s driving those gaps.
25 states failed. Only 5 earned an A.
Tomorrow at noon EST.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
"Attacks on women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, sexual & reproductive rights are often among the first things under attack under authoritarian regimes, making it imperative that we understand attacks on repro & sexual freedom are attacks on our democracy." - me girltalkhq.com/new-report-ca…
🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨
Check out a new must read policy brief by our brilliant @rePROsFightBack Senior Fellow @gpatel2021 highlighting the promise of girls secondary education and comprehensive sex ed to advance srhr and gender equality globally.
NEW! @rePROsFightBack's latest policy brief by our brilliant Senior Fellow Gayatri Patel @gpatel2021 highlights the promise of girls' secondary education and comprehensive sex ed to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality. static1.squarespace.com/stat…
🚨 New Episode 🚨
This week on @rePROsFightBack l I talk to the wonderful Courtney Hagle at @mmfa about how the attacks on women's rights have gone from whispers behind closed doors to people standing 10 toes down on them and working to turn those attacks into policy. #podcast
Rhetorically & politically, attacks on the right to abortion, birth control, sex education, women’s suffrage, no fault divorce, & higher education have been escalating. This week, Courtney Hagle at @mmfa talks with us about how violent rhetoric against women turns into policy🔗⤵️
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For the 7th year in a row, the U.S. has received an “F” in reproductive health, and where you live continues to shape the care you can access. Our 50-State Report Card webinar on April 29 will break down how access varies across the country and what’s driving those gaps.
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🚨The 2025 rePROs Fight Back Report Card on Sexual and Reproductive Health is out—and for the 7th year, the US got an “F” for reproductive rights. Join our 4/29 webinar to find out where your state stands and what the future holds for reproductive rights: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
🚨 New Episode 🚨
This week on @rePROsFightBack I talk to the always fabulous @Hegemommy with @RewireNewsGroup about the latest developments at SCOTUS, including recent cases on birthright citizenship and conversion therapy, as well as Trump’s ousting of Pam Bondi. #podcast
This week, @hegemommy at @RewireNewsGroup talks with us about the latest developments at SCOTUS, including recent cases on birthright citizenship and conversion therapy, as well as Trump’s ousting of Pam Bondi, former U.S. Attorney General: reprosfightback.com/episodes…
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The @reprosfightback state 'report card' map reveals the patchwork nature of access to sexual and reproductive health care— exposing the reality that where people live determines their access and rights.
Read more and see what your state's grade is: newsweek.com/map-reveals-the…
Abortion is popular, and voters consistently show up to defend it. This week, Brigitte Amiri, Deputy Director at @ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, talks with us about recent reproductive freedom amendments, equal rights amendments, and current litigation around the U.S.
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