By showing up, I met a coalition of Georgians from all over the state who, like me, had also grown up in Georgia public schools, with conservative parents, or in religions that oppose abortion, yet we learned to fight for what we believe in anyway, even if it made us different.
I believe in greater access to health care that makes sense to each person. The fertility awareness method is what I choose for myself, but I believe in people getting access to whatever contraception option that fits them.
Overall, I want people to know what is going on with social justice issues and be more knowledgeable about their health and wellness.
Anti-abortion fake clinics will keep up their slimy tactics and trickery because they don’t care about pregnant people, nor about the fetuses they claim to adore.
They are now saying the quiet part out loud: They believe people who have and perform abortions should be jailed.
Racial health disparities cannot be addressed without addressing the myths that inform and guide the behavior of health care professionals and people seeking health care.
Women of color are not mission projects for religious zealots and should not be treated as such.
More efforts must go into working across movement spaces in general, and this training is a good place to start for those interested in both reproductive justice and electoral politics.
The anti-abortion movement must continue to be exposed for what it is: foot soldiers behind an agenda that cannot be accomplished in a democracy or without bloodshed.
What fake clinics do is not support. It’s coercion, control, and brainwashing. It's not “very good,” but very dangerous.
I recently received an email from a public relations firm representing an anti-abortion fake clinic asking to be removed from our Fake Clinic Database. My answer? No.