Feminist Sleeper Cell

Lizz is out for the best reason: celebrating the day Minnesota was first blessed with her radiance and joy. Moji and Marie meanwhile have assembled a critical docket of abortion news, starting with a SCOTUS update. In our now-weekly segment addressing “sanctuary cities for the unborn” we are soliciting jingle entries from our listeners. And we have gotta say, the state that had to run a “don’t rape your daughter” billboard campaign doesn’t scream ABORTION HAVEN, but compared to it’s nearest neighbors it’s a veritable sanctuary state FOR abortion. Yikes! But what really fuels our anger this week is learning that OTHER areas of medical care critical to communities, PARTICULARLY those affecting Black women, are limited in medication and research because of anti-abortion stigma and good ol’ fashioned misogyny. 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

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Quick Hits:

Get Off Your Amicus Brief and Do the Work

* Anti Abortion Organizations Filing SCOTUS Briefs

Sanctuary City Trash Trend Continues

* Odessa, TX * Hillsdale, MI 

Abortion Access in the South is Fucked

* Florida = An Abortion Haven?* She’s Your Daughter, Not Your Date* Increasing Need for Abortion Patients To Travel 

Meaty Story

Opportunities for the Abortion Pill

* What Else Could Mifepristone Treat Besides Pregnancy?

Announcements

* Belly of the Beast Screening on August 11th!* Do Re #MeToo on September 23rd! * AAFront Comedy Show in Washington, DC on October 7th!

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Your Sleeper Cellmates Lizz, Marie and Moji, have assembled the weeks HOTTEST OF TAKES!!  It took a damned documentary to shine the light on eugenics survivors from the California carceral system, Texas abortion patriots in the Rio Grande Valley stood up and shut down shut-down some ‘sanctuary city’ of Edinburg. And a federal judge JUST OWNED the misogynist and transphobic ARKANSAS lawmakers by rulling GTFOH on laws banning abortion and gender-affirming care. 

WE ARE HERE TO DUNK TO AK GOV ASA HUTCHINSON. Listen up! 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead 

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

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Quick Hits:

California Doing the Minimum

* Small Justices For Those Sterilized * Belly of the Beast Screening

Fake Clinic BULLSHIT 

* CPC Crocodile Tears 

Oh Thank God, There’s a Pro-Life Bank

* There’s A Huge Early Fee For Withdrawal 

Smackdown Time!

* Abortion is Still Legal in the RGV* Lilith Fund WINNING 

Meaty Story

Arkansas Rebuked on Reproductive Bans

* Arkansas Abortion Ban ‘Categorically Unconstitutional’ * Trans Care Is Sustained

Six Degrees of Abortion

* Can Lizz Tie the Milwaukee Bucks to Abortion?!

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We really need to start waking up to better news this summer. This last week saw a cop go unpunished for protesting at an abortion clinic, while Ohio’s newly signed budget throttles providers and gives a cool six MILLION to fake clinics!!! Wake us from this nightmare.  PLUS we have the amazing Ohio clinic escort Kristin Hady, who joined Lizz and co last week in Phoenix to engage with anti-abortion terrorizors from Operation Save America. She and Lizz give you a play by play of their week dealing with these racists and misogynists!!!

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead 

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

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Quick Hits:

Kentucky Police Protections Strengthened to Protest Clinic

* Police Officer Faces No Punishment* LMPD Response

Trans Rights Are Human Rights

* SCOTUS Looks to Settled Law and Title IX and Deny Bathroom Attack* Gavin Grimm column

Ohio Budget With Terrifying Consequences for Healthcare

* Budget Targets Abortion Providers * DeWine’s Ignore Opportunity to Veto 

Meaty Story: OSA Phoenix Recap with Guest Kristin Hady

We are excited to be joined by Ohio clinic escort and AAF coalition member Kristin Hady! Kristin spent the last week with AAF in Arizona as they confronted Operation Save America in Phoenix, Arizona.

* OSA Unmasked* Capital Care Clinic Escort Program* Aggie Fund* Women Have Options of Ohio

Six Degrees of Abortion

* Can Lizz Tie the 5th Ocean to Abortion?!

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You get Moji and Marie again this week!!! Lizz&Co are out exposing the toxic Evangelical masculinity of Operation Save America, which has descended on Arizona this week to preach their misogynistic hate. Our bright spots are the incredible Black folks running for office all over the US to try and enact REAL change (such as teaching Critical Race Theory in the classroom). We are on team #FreeBritney and demand that she be allowed the freedom to make her own reproductive choices and remind our listeners that so many People of Color face the same type of oppression and coercion. And the For Her Act out of Nebraska isn’t fooling us- its attempts at pushing fetal personhood in exchange for diaper money just don’t add up. 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

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Quick Hits:

Exciting Political Happenings

* Is Chris Jones a Progressive Answer for Arkansas? * India Walton could bring Socialism to Buffalo, NY* Biden Nominee Blocked for Supporting of Abortion and Critical Race Theory Confirmed

Britney Spears Deserves Reproductive Freedom

* Forced UID Implantation is Reproductive Violence

Low-Down on the For Her Act 

* Washington Post’s Deceptive Op-Ed* Rep. Fortenberry Praises Racist Henry Hyde 

Meaty Story: 

Part of the AAF team is in Arizona, confronting the intersectional hate group that is Operation Save America. Pro-abortion activists, allies, and providers have spent the week standing up to these monsters who especially are terrorizing clinics and patients in between their fire and brimstone sermons.

* Op-Ed by Dr. DeShawn Taylor and Lizz Winstead * OSA Unmasked 

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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

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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

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We were hoping this summer heat would force the misogynists indoors- instead Red Rose attackers have been busy terrorizing Ohio clinics, and there’s a march planned by a bunch of lonely incels in suits TO PROTEST A HOSPITAL. And we return yet again to Texas, with a blatantly unconstitutional “sanctuary city” depriving residents of abortion access!!! How many times can we say this- keep your rosaries/homeschools/gun arsenals/forced-birth fingers away from our uteruses. 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell:

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

Follow us on Twitter! @accessforce

Quick Hits:

An Answer If Roe Falls?

* Women’s Health Protection Act * The Path to Protecting Care and Access

Abortion on Demand

* Telemed Provider Enabling Care in 20 States

Misogynists Planning to Harass Hospital

* The Men’s March 

Media Catches Up On Tanf Fraud

* States Divert Funds for Families to Fake Clinics

Red Rose Attack Week

* Cuyahoga Falls, OH * Can the Catholics Please Get Their Assholes in Check

Meaty Story: 

Ongoing Fight In Texas Town Outlawing Abortion 

* Unconstitutional Proposition * Judge Dismisses Planned Parenthood’s Lawsuit

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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 

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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

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 We are busy this week and so it’s another “Best of” but we promise next week a piping, hot, fresh pod right out of the oven. Mmmm so delish. 

The cellmates decided this episode from March was a good ‘en because we had our fingers on the pulse on some of the most fucked up abortion bans from March of this year. You really can’t be reminded enough that Republicans are PROUD of wasting taxpayer money passing laws directly contrary to the constitution, especially now that we have a SCOTUS that has never heard of The Constitution. 

Plus, thankfully folks who worked on the “film” Roe V Wade, the diseased cruise ship of movie making, leaked every bad thing about it, so The Cellmates got to laugh and point at hellscape-that-is writer/director Nick Loeb’s mind. 

And finally, With hopes that telemedicine will continue to enable at least some to access the abortion pill, we re-visit our interview about self-managed abortion with Amy Merrill of Plan C. Live, Love, Laugh At Terrible People!

Your Sleeper Cellmates are: 

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj 

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Quick Hits

Kooky Roe v Wade movie 

* The Script No One Asked For* Nick Loeb and His Terrible Caste * The Reviews are In 

We are Fuming at Arkansas

* Gov. Hutchinson Basks in His Own Misogyny 

South Carolina is ‘Sideways’ of the Constitution 

* Federal Judge Calls out Partisan Elected Officials 

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!

* Missed Period Pills * At Home Abortion Opportunities * Telemedicine Available Again for Some Abortion Pill Users* Plan C and their resources! 

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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?

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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

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