It’s been a hard year for me in relation to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I’ve written about my personal feelings several times and I don’t really want to rehash any of it right now.
Today is a hard day. The Dobbs decision fucked over so many people. Others have been working hard trying to keep up with the seemingly never-ending changes and bans. I’m not going to try to redo what so many others are doing better, but I will link below some good resources to keep up with what’s going on. I am grateful to everyone who is on the front line keeping track of all of these changes, so the rest of us can be informed and take action.
Media
Abortion Every Day is a daily newsletter written by Jessica Valenti, covering the rapid changes happening to healthcare across the country. It is an excellent resource, though there are days for me, personally, I just can’t bear to read it.
One good post to read is “The Exceptions Lie,” which explains how abortion ban exceptions aren’t real.
Rewire News Group is the only national publication exclusively dedicated to reporting on reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice.
It Could Happen Here is a podcast which is “a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world, the one we all live in now, and a guide to avoiding the worst pitfalls along the road to a better world.”
In part one “Remembering Year One of The Death of Roe,” Mia speaks with abortion care worker and organizer Crystal about the devastating effects of Dobbs and what it’s been like on the front lines of the struggle.
In part 2 of Mia’s interview with Crystal about the one year anniversary of Dobbs, we track how the war against abortion has spread through the healthcare sector as a whole and how the strategies and tactics the right learned were used to attack trans healthcare.
Other resources:
Online Abortion Resource Squad
National Network of Abortion Funds
Nebraska Abortion Resources (NEAR)
r/abortion, the abortion subreddit, a pro-abortion space for people to seek support and resources and to share abortion stories.