Heyo Cellmates! The whole team is here and we are entering one of the scariest times for reproductive access in modern day. This week the Trump administration cut family planning funds for low income folks, the Supreme Court will decide the fate of Roe V Wade and fake clincs are telling pregnant folks abortion can make your partner gay! It’s a spit-taking extravaganza of fuckery, so put on a bib before you hit play! 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj

Shout-Out: Thanks Jessica for the email, so happy you found us all the way from the Bible Belt… loved your 6 degrees of abortion. 

Breaking News

Title X Defunded

* https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/us-appeals-court-upholds-title-x-gag-rule-physicians 

* https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/appeals-court-upholds-trump-ban-on-abortion-referrals-by-family-planning-clinics/2020/02/24/f6a9a9b0-573f-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story.html

Quick Hits

June Medical Services LLC v. Gee (Russo

* The case- https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/june-medical-services-llc-v-russo/ 

Op-ed by Drs. Cohen and Joffe- https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/26/abortion-supreme-court-providers/

Heartbeat International Is Making Colonization Great Again

* https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-us-linked-anti-abortion-centres-violating-the-law-in-south-africa/

* https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-us-linked-anti-abortion-centres-lie-and-scare-women-across-latin-america/

The Interview: Independent Journalist Sian Norris

Independent writer and journalist Sian Norris visits the Sleeper Cell to talk about her undercover enrollment in two of Heartbeat International’s online courses designed to teach people how to talk folks out of having abortions. both domestically and internationally. This is an alarming issue, and Sian covers it about the dangers of their reach, domestically and globally.  

* https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-centres/* Part of the openDemocracy team “Tracking the Backlash”: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/tracking-the-backlash/ * Creator of the Bristol Women’s Literature Festival: https://womensliteraturefestival.wordpress.com/

Six Degrees of Abortion

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