Abortion is popular, and common. So why are people afraid to talk about it? How much more might you understand about abortion access in the U.S. if talking about it wasn’t taboo? On ACCESS, our goal is to answer all the questions you might have been afraid to ask, dedicating every single episode to abortion. There are no pundits here, only experts—including real people who’ve had abortions.
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Today we're sharing an episode with you from our friends at Ritually, a Brazen Media podcast. Last year Nelufar had an abortion. The decision to terminate her pregnancy wasn’t difficult, but the process was. Though studies show abortion pills are safe and around 95-99% effective, in Nelufar’s case, they didn’t work. Shaken by her experiences seekin…
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Grief, Survivor's Guilt, and Hope in Practice: One Year After Dobbs
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Ways to support the show: Buy merch on TeePublic or Bonfire Make a one-time or monthly gift Share the show with a friend! Resources: I Need an A Online Abortion Resource Squad If/When/How’s Repro Legal Helpline and Repro Legal Defense Fund Find your local abortion fund Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Additional music in this episode …
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Ways to support the show: Buy merch on TeePublic or Bonfire Make a one-time or monthly gift Share the show with a friend! Past episodes referenced: Episode 15: How Anti-Abortion Doctors and Hospitals Put Pregnant People in Danger Episode 1: What Actually Happens During an Abortion? Episode 2: COVID-19 and the Divided States of Abortion Episode 3: T…
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How Anti-Abortion Bias Shapes Media Coverage
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Support the show! Check out our new merch on TeePublic, get a "say the word abortion" hat on Bonfire, or make a one-time or monthly gift. Guests: Jasmine Geonzon, researcher at Media Matters for America Steph Herold, MPH, researcher at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Sources: Abortion Onscreen in 2022 — ANSIRH In the days after Roe's…
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Guest: Jessica Flaum, director of Abortion: Add to Cart. Support the show! Buy merch on TeePublic or Bonfire, or donate. Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Additional music in this episode from Blue Dot Sessions. Photo courtesy Abortion: Add to Cart. Have an abortion story you want to share? Send a voice memo or email to accesspodcast(a…
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Why Adoption Isn't an Alternative to Abortion
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Guests: Nikki Lewis, birth mom and advocate Susan, adoptee and writer Gretchen Sisson, PhD, sociologist at Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Check out our new merch option—baseball caps! (This link is different from our regular merch store.) Support the show! Buy merch or donate. This episode is brought to you by OVID, an independent s…
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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 are clinics open? Guttmacher: State abortion policies post-Roe I Need an A Abortion Finder Information about abortion pills Plan C Support independent c…
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How Anti-Abortion Doctors and Hospitals Put Pregnant People in Danger
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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 Later-Abortion Story Tells Us About a Post-Roe Future.” Guests: Kristyn Smith, We Testify abortion storyteller Caroline Kitchener, political reporter fo…
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Oklahoma Becomes the First State to Ban Abortion Outright Since Roe
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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 Miscarriage + Abortion Hotline Digital Defense Fund guides for online safety and privacy National Abortion Federation hotline (abortion referrals and…
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Barriers to Repro Health, Rights, and Justice
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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 organization in the Southeast Aimee Registe, Esq.: Policy and Advocacy Program Manager at SisterLove Andrea Swartzendruber, PhD, MPH: Associate Professor i…
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Abortion and Religion: Reclaiming the Narrative
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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, executive director, Carolina Jews for Justice; counselor, Faith Aloud Lauren Morrissey, co-executive director and co-founder, Student Coalition for Repr…
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A Last Stand for Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court?
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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 Gavin, Jessy Rosales, Kimberly McGuire, Jeryl Hayes, Josie Pinto, Julie Jenkins, Amy Hagstrom Miller, Jacqueline Ayers, Kathaleen Pittman, Tammi Kromena…
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The Successes and Failures of the Women's March
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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. Read about Black women-led Hoochies of Houston and their experience with Women's March organizers on Twitter. Support the show! Buy merch or donate. Logo by Kate R…
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What's at Stake in this Supreme Court Term?
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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 Ban Abortion Without Roe: Here’s Which Ones and Why Supreme Court oral arguments livestream Supreme Court Cases: Abortion and Contraception Support …
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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 Federation hotline (abortion referrals and financial assistance) Texas Abortion Funds: Buckle Bunnies Fund Lilith Fund TEA Fund Frontera Fund Fund Texas…
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Shame, Stigma, and Lies: How Crisis Pregnancy Centers Manipulate Pregnant People
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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, president and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health and Whole Woman’s Health Alliance Marc Hearron, senior counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights Suppor…
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Abortion Bounties? Inside the Fight Against Radical Texas Law SB 8
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Guest: Julia Kaye, staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project Support the show! Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Photo by Robin Marty. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspodcast(at)protonmail(dot)com. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram, and don't forget to subscribe!…
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2021 is a Record-Breaking Year for State Attacks on Abortion. How Are Advocates Fighting Back?
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Support the show! Guests: Elizabeth Nash, principal policy associate for state issues, Guttmacher Institute Kamyon Conner, executive director, TEA Fund Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan More resources: Guttmacher state policy midyear trends report TxPEP research brief on SB8 Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Photo by Robin Mart…
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Support the show! 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 coverage campaign Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Photos courtesy All* Above All. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspo…
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Robin Marty on Preparing for a Post-Roe America
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Support the show! New Handbook for a Post-Roe America West Alabama Women’s Center Yellowhammer Fund Logo by Kate Ryan, music by Lily Sloane. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspodcast(at)protonmail(dot)com. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram, and don't forget to subscribe!…
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Support the show! Guests: Layidua and Sarah, We Testify abortion storytellers Corinne Rocca, PhD, epidemiologist at the University of California San Francisco and researcher on the Turnaway Study Northwestern Professor Katie Watson, lawyer, bioethicist, and author of Scarlet A Special thanks to Renee Bracey Sherman of We Testify. Logo by Kate Ryan,…
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What Are the Consequences of Being Denied an Abortion?
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Support the show! Guests: Kayla Winston, We Testify abortion storyteller (read more about Kayla’s experience here) Diana Greene Foster, PhD, professor and demographer at the University of California, San Francisco (Turnaway Study website and book) Logo by Kate Ryan, music by Lily Sloane. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspodca…
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Destigmatizing Abortion Through Photography with the Abortion Project
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Support the show! The Abortion Project Abortion Intentions Care Plan What’s in our abortion doula bags? Logo by Kate Ryan, music by Lily Sloane, photos courtesy The Abortion Project. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspodcast@protonmail.com. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram, and don't forget to subscribe!…
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Why Anti-Abortion Protesters Get Special Treatment from Police
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Support the show! Guest: Molly Shah, Anti-Abortion Protesters Get Special Treatment from Police, The Real News Logo by Kate Ryan, Music by Lily Sloane, photo by Robin Marty. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspodcast@protonmail.com. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram, and don't forget to subscribe!…
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What’s It Like to Get an Abortion During a Pandemic?
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Support the show! Guests: Miranda, Texas Larada, Ohio Sarah, Oregon Special thanks to We Testify and Fund Texas Choice for connecting us with two of our guests. Logo by Kate Ryan, theme music by Lily Sloane. Additional music in this episode from Blue Dot Sessions. Photo by Robin Marty. Have an abortion story you want to share? Contact accesspodcast…
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Abortion Clinic Harassment Intensifies During the Pandemic
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Support the show! Guests: Calla Hales, executive director of A Preferred Women’s Health Center Heather Mobley and Jessica Thomas of Charlotte for Choice Kim Gibson and Derenda Hancock of Pinkhouse Defenders and We Engage Lara Chelian of Northland Family Planning Elena Salisbury, abortion clinic escort in Nebraska Steph Black, abortion clinic escort…
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Dr. Meera Shah on Storytelling to Combat Stigma
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Support the show! Guest: Dr. Meera Shah, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic and author of You're The Only One I've Told. This conversation was originally streamed as part of the EstroGenius Festival on October 24, 2020. Music by Lily Sloane, logo by Kate Ryan. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram, and don't forget t…
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Why Do People Have Abortions Later in Pregnancy?
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Note: this episode includes discussion of pregnancy loss. Support the show! Guests: Christina Taylor Dr. Warren Hern of Boulder Abortion Clinic HK Gray Briana McLennan Dr. Valerie Peterson Jenn Chalifoux Other links from the episode: Summary of research on later abortion from Ibis Reproductive Health TEA Fund’s Post Abortion Truth and Healing group…
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Guests: Kelsea McLain, We Testify abortion storyteller Dr. Daniel Grossman, Director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Dr. Jane*, a founder of the Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline Jill Adams, Executive Director of If/When/How Music by Lily Sloane, logo by Kate Ryan. Photo: We Testify storytellers, courtesy We Testify. Transcript ava…
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COVID-19 and the Divided States of Abortion
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Guests: Dr. Meera Shah, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic and author of You’re the Only One I’ve Told Leah Coplon, certified nurse midwife and Program Director for Maine Family Planning Dr. Bhavik Kumar, Medical Director for Primary and Trans Care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Music by Lily Sloane, logo by Kate Ryan, pho…
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What Actually Happens During an Abortion?
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Guest: Dr. Meera Shah, family medicine physician, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, and author of You’re the Only One I’ve Told: The Stories Behind Abortion. Music by Lily Sloane, logo by Kate Ryan, photo by Robin Marty. For an illustration of some of the medical instruments Dr. Shah mentions in this episode, visit our web…
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Accessing Abortion Care in Ireland [Audio Description]
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On 1 January 2019 the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act came into law allowing for abortion services in Ireland. The service is free to anyone living in the Republic of Ireland. It is available to anyone outside of the Republic for a charge. This audio leaflet outlines the steps for those seeking abortion care. This leaflet was cr…
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