Feminist Sleeper Cell

Description: We hope you are ready to enjoy a relaxing Juneteenth weekend while Moji and Marie DROP SOME KNOWLEDGE. North Carolina’s unconstitutional ban was stopped, but we are still nervous (and enraged) about anti abortion measures in Arkansas and Louisiana. We also watched On The Divide, a documentary that captures a snapshot of the lives of a clinic security guard, a clinic escort, and a fake clinic volunteer around a single clinic in Texas. It touched on a host of intense subjects, ranging from PTSD to domestic violence; this film was thoughtful and reflective in unexpected ways.

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits:

Breaking News this Week from North Carolina

* Pre-Viability Ban Struck Down

Arkansas Fighting to Provide Abortion Care

* Temporary Restraining Order Hope

Louisiana Bans Poised for Signature

* Three Bans On Governor’s Desk

Irresponsible Journalism!!

* We Don’t Abort Toddlers

Meaty Story:

Moji and Marie watched the On The Divide documentary (featured in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival) highlighting the lives and intersections of three Latinx folks in relation to an abortion clinic.

* Information and to Purchase the Film

All the housekeeping

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The Cellmates wanted to rant and rant and rant about Texas’s new bullshit law that lets anyone with half a brain and an axe to grind to sue your uterus. But then the Supreme Court decided to take their super-conservative supermajority and weigh in on an unconstitutional 15-week ban, so this hydra had to switch gears. Luckily we have the litigation director for the Center For Reproductive Rights Julie Rikelman to bring her vast Mississippi  lawyer-ly genius and explains why we’re not wrong to feel like this is wrong. SO FRIGGING WRONG. 

Unfortunately Marie is out having a sad, but Lizz and Moji do the best we could without her. 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits:

Stop Messing With Texas

Heartbeat bill TX law. Could go in to effect in Sept

SB 8/HB 1515 signed by Gov Abbott 5/19

* Lubbock Sanctuary City Bullshit- pull from sanctuary city background/convo from NAF 

Meaty Story

Mississippi Heading to SCOTUS- 

Guest: Julie Rickelman, Center for Reproductive Rights lawyer. Litigation director for CRR

Voting in New Mexico- resources and watch out for this racist anti abortion politician, so please vote!!!! This will affect so many communities and we are so excited Deb Haaland is in the cabinet and has endorsed her. Let’s keep her state legacy going with someone who is pro choice! https://melaniefornm.com/en/endorsements-1

All the housekeeping

* Write a review / give us 5 stars - it’s the best way for our podcast to reach more people!* Follow us on social @accessforce on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/TikTok and YouTube* Email us at podcast @aaforce.org! * Edited by Brad Pearson, theme song by Cory Eischen, The Purple Xperience

DONATE TO Abortion Access Force/Feminist Sleeper Cell pod!!!!

MAY THE ABORTION ACCESS FORCE BE WITH YOU!

Your Cellmates are off this week so it’s “Best of” time. We are reposting Our episode from last March to remind folks of the record of violence and harassment clinics have faced this spring on an ongoing basis. While we can thank the reproductive affirming decision in NYC to protect clinic access, North Carolina and Kentucky providers faced violent threats by anti-abortion terrorizers. We are joined by special guest Melissa Grant, CEO of carfem, who’s Nashville clinic Melissa Grant, CEO of carfem, a clinic in Nashville had to barricade folks inside as forced-birth trespassers tried to confront staff and patients. The ENORMOUS Venn diagram here, you ask???? People who terrorize those seeking safe and legal medical care and the cops who love them. #DefundPolice

Your Sleeper Cellmates are: 

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits

NY Court Win for Clinic Access

* Attorney General Letitia James Supports Clinic Access 

Accidental Shooting Outside of North Carolina Clinic 

* Guns Have NO PLACE in ‘Protesting’

Kentucky Clinic Escort Assaulted...A Week After A Cop Protested 

* LMPD Officer Harasses Abortion Patients in Uniform * Louisville Clinic Escort Documentation

Meaty Story 

Melissa Grant joins the Sleeper Cell, CEO of carafem, with clinics central to Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, and Washington, DC. On Friday, March 5th, carafem of Tennessee was the target of a blockade by anti-abortion aggressors traveling the country.

* What Went Down* Support carefem! 

Six Degrees

Can Lizz Tie Secret Rooms to Abortion?

All the housekeeping

* Write a review / give us 5 stars - it’s the best way for our podcast to reach more people!* Follow us on social @accessforce on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/tikok and YouTube* Email us at [email protected]! * Edited by Brad Pearson, theme song by Cory Eischen, The Purple Xperience

DONATE TO Abortion Access Force/Feminist Sleeper Cell pod!!!!

MAY THE ABORTION ACCESS FORCE BE WITH YOU!

Even though the Feminist Sleeper Cell is operating at two-thirds strength this week, Moji and Marie deliver 1000 percent fury. Apparently, without the Federal Aviation Administration, stalking an abortion provider with a drone would have continued unchecked (land police, again, fuck you). Waiting periods are still en vogue, because why on earth should you be able to get safe and legal medical care on your timeline? And Oklahoma and Idaho are taking turns at cynical so-called heartbeat bans. Our guest and AAF fake clinic expert Anna Bean lays out how to spot fake clinics, their rampant dangerous medical lies, and the tactics they employ to confuse and shame those seeking legitimate pregnancy options.

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits:

Just Your Friendly Harassing Evangelist Stalking with a Drone

* When the FAA Takes On Abortion Provider Protection 

Tennessee 48-Hour Mandate Begins

* When Your Abortion (But Not Your Gun) Has A Waiting Period

Abortion Ban Round-Up

* Oklahoma Throws Up a Trifecta* Idaho, Stick to Potatoes, Not Abortion Bans

Meaty Story

Fake Clinics Are Not Slowing Down

We are so excited to be joined today by Anna Bean, Director of Programs at Abortion Access Front. Anna coordinates a variety of projects, including AAF’s long-running Expose Fake Clinics project.

The Landscape

* What Does Funding Look Like* Rick Santorum Diverted Food Support from Living Underserved Children* When Texas Funds Fake Clinics to the Tune of $100m...This is What Happens* Columbus Rep Calls Out State Spending on Fake Clinics* Human Coalition Manipulates Google Adwords 

How to Combat Fake Clinics 

* AAF’s Expose Fake Clinics* Share Unbiased Resources: All-Options

All the housekeeping

* Write a review / give us 5 stars - it’s the best way for our podcast to reach more people!* Follow us on social @accessforce on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/TikTok and YouTube* Email us at podcast @aaforce.org! * Edited by Brad Pearson, theme song by Cory Eischen, The Purple Xperience

Once again, we are reminded of conservatives myopic fascination with fetuses, as Xavier Becerra’s HHS finally rolls back restrictions on using fetal tissue in research that the Trump administration stopped. Call us when people actually care about the medical experimentation on Black and brown bodies. Then the cellmates lighten the mood as we unpack the total LACK of dignity in Tennessee’s looming law requiring fetal burial or cremation. And to ice this particular shitty pod cake, we close out talking about the truly egregious state of healthcare for detained or incarcerated individuals, WHO EVEN HAVE TO SUE on the individual level to access their abortion care, and are still fighting to not be shackled while giving birth. Shit is dark this week people, go with it. 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits:

Biden reverses Trump’s Fetal Tissue Restrictions 

* Health and Human Services Rolls Back Policies to Allow for Critical Research 

Tennessee Fetal Burial Demand

* State Bill Passes all Levels and Awaits Governor’s Signature 

Restricting Access to Abortion Also Causes Maternal Death

* States restricting abortion demonstrate a cavalier disregard to womens’ health overall, effecting Black women more profoundly 

Meaty Story

Reproductive Care in the Carceral System

* Nebraska lawsuit forces Constitutional right to abortion - even a staff member resigns in disgust. Also fuck your sanctuary cities!!!* How do you terminate a pregnancy in detention or prison? * Check out Dr. Michele Goodwin 

Six Degrees

Can Lizz tie LeVar Burton to Abortion?!

All the housekeeping

* Write a review / give us 5 stars - it’s the best way for our podcast to reach more people!* Follow us on social @accessforce on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/tikok and YouTube* Email us at podcast @aaforce.org! * Edited by Brad Pearson, theme song by Cory Eischen, The Purple Xperience

DONATE TO Abortion Access Force/Feminist Sleeper Cell pod!!!!

MAY THE ABORTION ACCESS FORCE BE WITH YOU!

It’s April, Fools, and Lizz and Marie hold it down in the Sleeper Cell while Moji is home sleeping off her vaccine!! This week we have all the axes to grind! The first abortion case SCOTUS has agreed to take will have the 6-3 (and not in a good way) court decide if the Kentucky AG-ro can bring cases to SCOTUS that lower courts have RULED are trash. Oh the floodgates...  PLUS Two southwestern states are in a battle royal for the title  “Most Medically Unnecessary and Cruel Legislatures” And we channel our anger over a MN State Supreme Court ruling that reversed a rape conviction with Kaarin Long and Lindsay J. Brice, two of the local policy and legal experts who are working tirelessly to change the unjust law that led to all of it. 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Special guests: 

Kaarin Long

Lindsay J. Brice

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits:

Kentucky AG continues to be TrashAF

* Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center* A Conservative SCOTUS

Oklahoma’s Trinity of Restrictions

* Targeting Providers and Fake Heartbeats 

Texas Senate Passes A Week’s Worth of Bans

* Details What is at Stake in the Lone Star State on the Restrictions* Texas Capitol Order of Business 

Meaty Story

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Today we talk with Kaarin Long, Women's Rights Staff Attorney at The Advocates for Human Rights and Lindsay J. Brice, Law & Policy Director of Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault about the work being done to close Minnesota’s rape loophole.

* Background Information * What this Really Says about Rape* Working group report

Resources

* Rape Help Minnesota advocates* STANDPOINT attorneys and advocates* The Advocates for Human Rights* Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault* Upcoming fundraiser!

Six Degrees

Can Lizz Tie Abortion to Indie Music Festivals?

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WE ARE BAAAAACK! We start off this episode with a passionate endorsement of *ouid*- because that’s the only way to watch the new ‘Roe’ movie starring Tomi Lahren. Multiple states are competing over who can puff puff pass the most restricting and cruel abortion ban; they range from ‘sideways’ to a ‘direct challenge’ of constitutional law...because you know what really are tax dollars?!?!? We round out this episode with a thoughtful discussion about self managed abortion, joined by Plan C’s Amy Merrill!

Your Sleeper Cellmates are: 

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits

Kooky Roe v Wade movie 

* https://www.thedailybeast.com/revealed-the-leaked-script-to-roe-v-wade-a-graphic-anti-abortion-propaganda-film* https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/secret-roe-v-wade-film-now-shooting-new-orleans-1124557* https://film.avclub.com/drab-pro-life-propaganda-roe-v-wade-lacks-the-wingnut-1846504167

We are Fuming at Arkansas

* https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/politics/arkansas-asa-hutchinson-abortion-law-supreme-court-cnntv/index.html 

South Carolina is ‘Sideways’ of the Constitution 

* https://abcnews4.com/news/local/judge-blocks-baffling-south-carolina-abortion-ban-says-it-wasnt-even-a-close-call 

Meaty Story

Today our big story is self-managed abortion. What do you think when you hear that? danger, coat hangers, and last resort? Amy Merrill, Digital Director of Plan C joins us to explain self managed abortion, what it actually looks like, and how it is different from receiving abortion pills from a clinic!

* https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2021/03/11/is-the-u-s-missing-out-with-missed-period-pills/ * https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/20/abortion-pills-telemedicine-477234 * https://msmagazine.com/2021/03/24/biden-lift-abortion-pill-restrictions-fda-medication-abortion/?fbclid=IwAR3q5ccAu_Int_BOJx--TzeSUU-2_-5cVhQQ1CLt1nfamP0maUE-0G1TS0w * https://www.plancpills.org/guide-how-to-get-abortion-pills 

All the housekeeping

* Write a review / give us 5 stars - it’s the best way for our podcast to reach more people!* Follow us on social @accessforce on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/tikok and YouTube* Email us at [email protected]! * Edited by Brad Pearson, theme song by Cory Eischen, The Purple Xperience

DONATE TO Abortion Access Force/Feminist Sleeper Cell pod!!!!

Lizz is off having an organ removed but Marie and Moji hold it down in the Sleeper Cell! This week on the pod: “Having a Bad  Day” My Ass! Atlanta is yet another reminder that our country has sat idly by as racist Asian tropes have been passed off without being checked, and violence continues to escalate because of it. Spoiler Alert: Cops are just as awful to Asian Folks as Black Folks.

PLUS  Moji “Get off My Lawn” Alawode-El goes off on states wasting millions on abortion lawsuits while turning down medicaid expansion!

And pop the champers, pro abortion Xavier Baccera is in Da Cabinet!!

All that and breaking news from Illinois, Arkansas and in AWESOME NEWS, an anti abortion shitbag gets hit with a 27 million dollar fine and jailtime! Happy Friday! 

Your Sleeper Cellmates are: 

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits

Taxpayer Cost of June Medical

* https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_1c277910-81ec-11eb-9969-e33b98492184.html * https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2019/09/23/abortion-restrictions-are-costing-states-millions-dollars-fees-other-side/?arc404=true 

Pregnancy Care in Stimmy Funding

* https://19thnews.org/2021/03/how-the-covid-stimulus-bill-could-help-fight-pregnancy-related-deaths/ * https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/03/15/decline-stimulus-money-top-gop-senator-urges-cities-and-states-to-reject-funds/?sh=8c627525a023 

White Restitution

* https://msmagazine.com/2021/03/15/anti-abortion-extremist-jeff-white-prison-restitution/

Repeal Parental Notice in Illinois NOW

* https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/11/illinois-repeal-forced-parental-notice-abortion 

Meaty Story 

Arkansas Bullshit

* https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/arkansas-abortion-ban-amy-coney-barrett.html 

Announcements

* Dirty Dancing- https://www.crowdcast.io/e/dirty-dancing-riff/register * AAPI Anti Violence Resources - https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/

All the housekeeping

* Write a review / give us 5 stars - it’s the best way for our podcast to reach more people!* Follow us on social @accessforce on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/tikok and YouTube* Email us at [email protected]! * Edited by Brad Pearson, theme song by Cory Eischen, The Purple Xperience

This episode comes at the heels of Abortion Provider Appreciation Week (but they deserve love 365 days a year!!). Lizz, Marie and Moji tackle a scary week in abortion care friends, as violence at clinics is escalating. 

We cover a good law enforcement win in New York against harassers, but also do a deep dive into an alarming trend (and by trend we mean every day fuckery) of law enforcement cozying up to the anti abortion protesters. In just one week, there was gun violence at a North Carolina clinic, a patient attack in Kentucky, and we are joined by guest Melissa Grant, CEO of carfem, a clinic in Nashville that was literally invaded by dangerous prayer warriors. She brings a very personal and stark reality about how terrifying it is when clinics are attacked and their local police are on the side of the oppressors.  Really compelling. 

Your Sleeper Cellmates are: 

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits

NY Court Win for Clinic Access

* https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-rules-against-anti-abortion-175744235.html 

Shooting Outside of Raleigh, NC Clinic 

* https://www.wral.com/staff-at-raleigh-abortion-clinic-slam-police-after-protester-s-shooting/19565363/ 

Kentucky Clinic Escort Assaulted, A Week After A Cop Protested

* https://www.wdrb.com/news/surveillance-video-released-by-louisville-abortion-clinic-shows-lmpd-officer-marching-in-protest/article_3d8ade82-7e16-11eb-83f8-db0a258683d6.html * https://www.facebook.com/LouSafetyZone/photos/pcb.2791660591096284/2791660141096329 

Meaty Story 

Melissa Grant joins the Sleeper Cell, CEO of carafem, with clinics central to Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, and Washington, DC. Last Friday carafem of Tennessee was the target of a blockade by anti-abortion aggressors traveling the country.

* https://carafem.org/donate/ * https://fox17.com/news/local/trespassers-refuse-to-leave-mt-juliet-medical-center-others-asked-to-shelter-in-place-wilson-county-middle-tennessee-providence-medical-pavilion 

Six Degrees

Can Lizz Tie Secret Rooms to Abortion?

* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/08/new-york-woman-secret-apartment-bathroom-mirror 

Announcements

* Dirty Dancing- https://www.crowdcast.io/e/dirty-dancing-riff/register 

All the housekeeping

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Check out our Very special edition of this weeks Pod. Instead of doing a proper Feminist Sleeper Cell show this week, Lizz, Moji and Marie, are bringing you the audio version of another show they do for our sibling org, Abortion Access Front.  AA Front are playing around with a video comedy talk show format so we thought we’d pull the audio to give you a taste of what we got cooking so listen and enjoy! This episode features a breakdown of all things Alabama with special guests from The Yellowhammer Fund and The West Alabama Women's Center, a hilarious convo & standup set from the amazing comedianJoyelle Johnson, and we hit some top news stories that will explode your head. If you wanna watch the video cast, you can find it on all of our social platforms @abortionfront

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

Joyelle Johnson @joyellenicole

The Yellowhammer Fund @YellowFund

The West Alabama Women’s Center @alabama_west

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

The Bullshit is Poppin’

Xavier Becerra for Secretary of HHS!

* https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-becerra-hhs-coronavirus/ 

Arkansas Wants to Ban All Abortion

* https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arkansas-senate-approves-bill-banning-abortions-76052320 

Arkansas Wants to Ban All Abortion

* https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arkansas-senate-approves-bill-banning-abortions-76052320 

South Carolina “Heartbeat” Ban

* https://www.npr.org/2021/02/19/969653569/court-temporarily-blocks-south-carolina-heartbeat-abortion-ban

Lauren Boebart Coming in Hot and Factless

* https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2021/03/boebert-outrageously-claims-that-nearly-a-quarter-of-covid-relief-bill-could-fund-abortion/34759

The Discussion

Marie sits down virtually with Dr. Leah Torres, OB/Gyn and Reproductive Health Specialist and Laurie Bertram Roberts, Executive Director of The Yellowhammer Fund! Learn more about Alabama’s attempts at throttling abortion access and this powerhouse fund-clinic team bringing a mutual aid and reproductive justice framework to complete abortion care.

* https://alabortionclinic.com/* https://action.yellowhammerfund.org/onlineactions/VJwyf79UF0yW0qhFnyakGw2  

The Interview + Comedy Set

Lizz and Moji talk with Joyelle Johnson, comedian, activist, and an ardent supporter of abortion access. They talk about clinic outreach in Alabama (spoiler alert, most men suck), followed by a great comedy set by Joyelle!

Announcements

* Abortion Provider Appreciation Day is March 10!