The culture of fear that the anti-abortion movement uses also underlines the anti-queer and anti-transgender movement. Garnet Henderson, Senior Multiplatform Reporter for Rewire News Group and host and producer of ACCESS: A Podcast About Abortion, sits down to talk with us about how these two movements are connected and how anti-rights actors may influence access to gender-affirming care in the near future. 

A year since the dismantling of Roe v. Wade, 25 million women of reproductive age now  and more nonbinary and transgender people live in states where the law increases barriers to abortion care. And, across the U.S. this year alone, 583 bills have been introduced in 49 states which are designed to block trans people from receiving healthcare, education, and other basic rights. Harassment and threats against healthcare providers, misinformation and disinformation, and fear-laden rhetoric are all increasingly overlapping elements of the anti-abortion and anti-trans movement. Using these tools, a collection of anti-rights actors are able to influence legislation, spread false information, and impact people’s access to basic healthcare.

Links

Garnet Henderson on Twitter
Garnet Henderson for Rewire News Group
ACCESS: A Podcast About Abortion

Anti-Trans Activists Are Trying to Scare Gender Care Providers Away

Will Conservatives Use the ‘Crisis Pregnancy Center’ Playbook to Attack Trans People?

New Human Rights Campaign Foundation Report: Online Hate & Real World Violence Are Inextricably Linked

Open Letter by New York Times contributors to New York Times on their coverage of transgender issues

Take Action

Combat misinformation about transgender individuals and abortion care in your inner circles. If you hear people spreading stigma, fear, and mis- and disinformation about people and healthcare, challenge them. 

Donate to mutual aid funds or any individual’s personal GoFundMe for gender affirming care.

If you live in a state that is challenging gender affirming care, show up to testify in person or reach out to your local legislature to combat any harmful legislation.

For more information, check out Boom! Lawyered: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/boom-lawyered/ 

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