Self-Conchas Podcast

S3E0: Access to Safe Abortion - *Special Episode* (Ft. Planned Parenthood Utah)


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Hola Conchitas! Season 3 drops this first week of October 2021! But before then we wanted to share this *Special Episode* that was our first episode to be recorded live in collab with Planned Parenthood Utah regarding Safe Abortion featuring two special guests. Our first guest is abortion storyteller, Angela Carrasco-Hinojosa a wealth and wellness coordinator working with women and children who are experience substance abuse. She is working to better engage with communities in their own health are decisions at Planned Parenthood as the Latinx Intern. Angela is a first-generation woman of color and daughter of immigrant Mexican parents who grew up in SLC and constantly strives to give back to her community who invest in her. Our second guest is Nancy Cárdenas Peña, a policy exert and organizer at heart advocating at the intersection of im/migartion and reproductive health care with a desire to see communities exercise their full bodily autonomy. Nancy currently works at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (Latina Institute) as the Texas State Director for Policy and Advocacy. Nancy is a board member of the Frontera Fund, an abortion fund that exclusively serves the Rio Grande Valley with practical support and abortion needs. 

For more information, about access to safe abortion and to learn all about the resources Planned Parenthood has to offer, check out the links below:

  • Planned Parenthood Utah Ambassador Program link: https://ppacutah.org/beehive/
  • National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice: https://www.latinainstitute.org/
  • Texas Abortion Funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/txfunds
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