ACCESS: A Podcast About Abortion

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Last year Nelufar had an abortion. The decision to terminate her pregnancy wasn’t difficult, but the proce…

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Resources:

• I Need an A
• Online Abortion Resource Squad
• If/When/How’s Repro Legal Help…

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Past episodes referenced:

• Episode 15: How Anti-Abortion Doctors and Hospitals Put …

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Guests:

• Jasmine Geonzon, researcher at Media Matters for Americ…

Guest: Jessica Flaum, director of Abortion: Add to Cart.

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Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Additional music in this episode …

Guests:

• Nikki Lewis, birth mom and advocate
• Susan, adoptee and writer
• Gretchen Sisson, PhD, sociologist at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health

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Note: This episode states that abortion is banned in Louisiana. However, as of about 6pm on July 12, a court has blocked the state’s trigger ban, allowing abortion services to resume for now.

Where ar…

This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Reproductive Rights Reporting Fund. A written version of the story appears online and in print in The Nation: “What This L…

Guest:

Dr. Iman Alsaden, medical director of Planned Parenthood Great Plains

Resources:

• Roe Fund (Oklahoma Abortion Fund)
• Abortion Finder
• I Need an A
• Aid Access
• Plan C
• If/When/How Repro Legal Helpline
• Miscarr…

Co-moderated by ACCESS and Reproductive Transparency Now.

Panelists:

• Dázon Dixon Diallo, MPH: Founder and President of SisterLove, the first women-centered HIV and sexual and reproductive health organi…

Guests:

• Anise Simon, Maleeha Aziz, and Nick, We Testify storytellers
• Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, president, Union Theological Seminary
• Rafa Kidvai, director, Repro Legal Defense Fund
• Rabbi Salem Pearce, execu…

Guests:

• Hillary Schneller, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights
• Dr. DeShawn Taylor, founder and owner of Desert Star Family Planning
• And: Kelsey Ryland, Elizabeth Nash, Amber Gavi…

Guest: Josie Pinto, executive director of Reproductive Freedom Fund of New Hampshire.

Listener-submitted audio from Alexx Noumena of Tampa Bay Abortion Fund, Angela Vega, and Asha Dahya.

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Guest: Elizabeth Nash, principal policy associate for state issues, Guttmacher Institute

Resources:

• If Roe v. Wade Falls: Travel Distances for People Seeking Abortion
• 26 States Are Certain or Likely to …

Resources:

• I Need an A
• needabortion.org
• Aid Access
• Plan C
• If/When/How Repro Legal Helpline
• Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline
• Digital Defense Fund guides for online safety and privacy
• National Abortion Federatio…

Guests:

• Sam Romero, We Testify storyteller
• Andrea Swartzendruber, PhD, MPH, associate professor at the University of Georgia College of Public Health and co-creator of the CPC Map
• Amy Hagstrom Miller, p…

Guest: Julia Kaye, staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project

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Guests:

• Elizabeth Nash, principal policy associate for state issues, Guttmacher Institute
• Kamyon Conner, executive director, TEA Fund
• Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan

More reso…

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Guests:

• Abby Johnson (no, not that one)
• Yamani Hernandez, executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds
• Kelsey Ryland, co-director of the All* Above All abortion coverag…

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• New Handbook for a Post-Roe America
• West Alabama Women’s Center
• Yellowhammer Fund

Logo by Kate Ryan, music by Lily Sloane.

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