This Mess With Texas: Why Every State Is in the Struggle to Protect Abortion Access

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams talk Texas — explaining the state's latest abortion ban, exploring the Ohio connections at play, and laying out exactly why reproductive health advocates are disappointed but not surprised at the whole damn debacle. Kelley and Terry discuss abortion ban history, how bans have played out in other nations, and even how we are already prepared with networks of mutual aid that will support & care for patients in Ohio and beyond no matter what the future holds.*

Links to discussed content:

• Texas' Senate Bill 8: www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next
• Donate to the Texas Abortion Funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/txfunds
• Women Have Options Ohio (WHO/O) Abortion Fund: www.womenhaveoptions.org
• Romania Ceauçescu history: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/16/what-actually-happens-when-a-country-bans-abortion-romania-alabama/
• Romania orphanages & AIDS history: https://theconversation.com/ceau-escus-orphans-what-a-regressive-abortion-law-does-to-a-country-71949
• Mexico deems abortion bans unconstitutional: www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/world/americas/mexico-supreme-court-decriminalize-abortion.html
• Just Texas' Freedom Network: https://tfn.org/issue/reproductive-rights/
• New Mexico RCRC: https://nmrcrc.org
• "Texas—and Ohio—Doesn't Need a White Savior": www.ohiorcrc.org/blog/texas-and-ohio-doesnt-need-a-white-savior
• "5 Ways to Faithfully Respond to Abortion Attacks in TX & OH:" www.ohiorcrc.org/blog/5-ways-to-faithfully-respond-to-abortion-attacks-in-tx-and-oh

*We would like to apologize for the ableist phrase used during this podcast. Following the recording of this podcast, we realized how this language is harmful to marginalized folks, and we would like to acknowledge our mistake. Thank you for your patience as we work to be and do better and work to not perpetuate ableism, unintentional or otherwise.

Music by Korbin Jones