OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: Abortion Ballot Measures
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10/18/24 • 42 min
FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE.
WE DID A THING! Get your ear holes ready for our must-listen training sesh, Operation Save Abortion: Ballot Initiatives! November's election is creeping up, and we want to make sure YOU are geared up to protect abortion wherever you are. We’ve rallied together an all-star trifecta of folks who put in the WORK for pro-abortion ballot initiative campaigns from two of the TEN states that have abortion on their ballot, PLUS a guest from a state whose abortion amendment won last year! You're about to get ALLLLL the tea from ballot initiative experts and abobo-loving activists about how the process works, the challenges they face, and – most importantly – how YOU can plug in to help no matter where you live!
Who’s fighting the fight with us this week?
Chris Love, Spokesperson from Arizona for Abortion Access, leads the conversation on all things ballot initiative in The Grand Canyon State. Kellie Copeland, Executive Director of Abortion Forward, representing Ohio, chats with us on their AMAZING win earlier this year and delivers hope for all of the ten abobo amendments on the November ballot. AND, Karen Middleton, President of Cobalt Advocates, drops her knowledge on what’s next for Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom.
Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu.
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Chris Love IG: @MsChrisLove TW: @LegallyLove
Kellie Copeland TW: @KellCope IG/TW/TikTok: @abortionforward
Karen Middleton IG: @KarenSMiddleton
BALLOT INITIATIVE LINKS:
Arizona: Arizona for Abortion Access IG/TikTok: @arizonaforabortionaccess TW: @azforaccess
Colorado: Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom IG/TW: @co4repro
Florida: Floridians Protecting Freedom IG: @floridareprofreedom @yes4Florida TW/TikTok: @yes4florida
Maryland: Freedom in Reproduction – Maryland (FIRM) IG/TW: @mdreprofreedom
Missouri: Missourians for Constitutional Freedom IG: @moconstitutionalfreedom TW: @Missourians4CF
Montana: Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights IG/TW/TikTok: @mtreprorights
Nebraska: Protect Our Rights IG/TikTok: @protectourrights2024 TW: @POR2024
South Dakota: Dakotans for Health IG: @dakotansforhealth TW: @ForDakotans
Nevada: Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom IG/TW: @nv4reprofreedom
New York: New Yorkers for Equal Rights IG/TW: @Yesonprop1ny
EPISODE LINKS:
BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!
EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills
AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist
FOLLOW US:
Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront
TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!
PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exc...
FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE.
WE DID A THING! Get your ear holes ready for our must-listen training sesh, Operation Save Abortion: Ballot Initiatives! November's election is creeping up, and we want to make sure YOU are geared up to protect abortion wherever you are. We’ve rallied together an all-star trifecta of folks who put in the WORK for pro-abortion ballot initiative campaigns from two of the TEN states that have abortion on their ballot, PLUS a guest from a state whose abortion amendment won last year! You're about to get ALLLLL the tea from ballot initiative experts and abobo-loving activists about how the process works, the challenges they face, and – most importantly – how YOU can plug in to help no matter where you live!
Who’s fighting the fight with us this week?
Chris Love, Spokesperson from Arizona for Abortion Access, leads the conversation on all things ballot initiative in The Grand Canyon State. Kellie Copeland, Executive Director of Abortion Forward, representing Ohio, chats with us on their AMAZING win earlier this year and delivers hope for all of the ten abobo amendments on the November ballot. AND, Karen Middleton, President of Cobalt Advocates, drops her knowledge on what’s next for Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom.
Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu.
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Chris Love IG: @MsChrisLove TW: @LegallyLove
Kellie Copeland TW: @KellCope IG/TW/TikTok: @abortionforward
Karen Middleton IG: @KarenSMiddleton
BALLOT INITIATIVE LINKS:
Arizona: Arizona for Abortion Access IG/TikTok: @arizonaforabortionaccess TW: @azforaccess
Colorado: Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom IG/TW: @co4repro
Florida: Floridians Protecting Freedom IG: @floridareprofreedom @yes4Florida TW/TikTok: @yes4florida
Maryland: Freedom in Reproduction – Maryland (FIRM) IG/TW: @mdreprofreedom
Missouri: Missourians for Constitutional Freedom IG: @moconstitutionalfreedom TW: @Missourians4CF
Montana: Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights IG/TW/TikTok: @mtreprorights
Nebraska: Protect Our Rights IG/TikTok: @protectourrights2024 TW: @POR2024
South Dakota: Dakotans for Health IG: @dakotansforhealth TW: @ForDakotans
Nevada: Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom IG/TW: @nv4reprofreedom
New York: New Yorkers for Equal Rights IG/TW: @Yesonprop1ny
EPISODE LINKS:
BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!
EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills
AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist
FOLLOW US:
Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront
TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!
PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exc...
Previous Episode
Project 2025 Is About as Clear as Florida’s Swamp Water With Kate Shaw & Zainab Johnson
SO MANY MISOGYNISTS, SO LITTLE TIME! This week, we’re spilling tea on how Ron DeSATAN is preparing for November’s election by sending his doorknocking harassholes (AKA Florida cops) to scare the shit out of people who signed the abortion ballot petition. PLUS, this week laid out a Smorgasbord of Smug online and we highlight and drag the most foul of the white guy “abortion bans don’t kill people” takes. AND OMG! We’re debuting a new game this episode, muahaha!
PLUS WE’VE GOT GUESTS!! Legal genius, and Strict Scrutiny podcast co-host, Kate Shaw, digs into the nooks and crannies of Project 2025 and drops her 411 on what this dystopian nightmare would mean for abortion access. We’re asking all the Q’s and Kate’s delivering all the A’s.
Serotonin boost? Hilarious comedian, writer, and actor Zainab Johnson’s got you! The Upload and Hijabs Off (Amazon Prime) star blabs with the Buzzkills about her latest comedy special, relishing in Muslim joy, and why she decided to kick chasing perfectionism to the curb.
Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu.
OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Kate Shaw IG: @KateaShaw
Zainab Johnson IG/TW: @ZainabJohnson TikTok: @TheZainabJohnson
GUEST LINKS:
Strict Scrutiny Podcast IG: @StrictScrutinyPodcast TW: @StrictScrutiny_
STREAM: Zainab’s special “Hijabs Off”
Watch Zainab on Upload on Amazon Prime
Stream to Zainab’s I’m Reasonable Podcast
NEWS DUMP:
Senate Dems’ Emergency Abortion Care Blitz
Judge Sides With North Dakota Catholic Diocese, Suspends Abortion, IVF and LGBTQ Protections
Little-Known East Texas Church Paid Legal Bills for a Prominent Anti-abortion Lawyer
Florida Law Enforcers Are Investigating the State’s Abortion Ballot Initiative
Women on TikTok Are Schooling a Trump Ally Who Denied People Are “Bleeding Out” Due to Abortion Bans
EPISODE LINKS:
ACTIVATE: 10/8 Operation Save Abortion: Ballot Initiative Training
ACTIVATE 10/1 VIRTUAL ACTION: Religion & Repro Training
BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!
EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills
AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist
FOLLOW US:
Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
Twitter ~
Next Episode
Undocumented? Need an Abortion? We Gotchu!
Full episode transcript HERE.
** AAF wants to remind listeners: If you are undocumented, you are legally entitled to abortion care, as long as it complies with the abortion laws of whatever state you are in.**
AAF is looking for NY-based folks to volunteer and march in the Halloween day parade with us! Interested? Email [email protected] for more deets!
Abortion pill sniffing dogs and bodily autonomy snatching AGs? It must be spooky season! All Hallow’s Eve is nigh so let us commence with the witchy descriptions of this week’s episode! Moji and Lizz have an alarming story about drug dogs being used to target medication abortion by mail that will make the hair on your arms stand at attention. PLUS, THREE aggro Attorneys General clearly have ZERO hobbies —instead, they’re in federal court, claiming abortion pills are ruining their states because they stop teens from pumping the next generation of workers!!!
PLUS WE GOT GUESTS!! Hilarious comedian and influencer, Che Guerrero, has created a huge online community by sharing his experience of living Undocumented in the U.S. and drops in to spill the tea on saving his Abuela’s life as a child, intersectionality, and the power of leaning into your identity and story! AND broadening the conversation to touch on the extra challenges undocumented folks experience trying to access abortion, red nesbitt, joins the chat about their work at the Mariposa Fund, an abortion fund that supports undocumented people seeking abortion care in the U.S.
Too many tricks and not enough treats y’all.
Times are heavy, but knowledge is power. We gotchu.
OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.
HOSTS:
Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead
Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks
SPECIAL GUESTS:
red nesbitt IG: @MariposaFund
Che Guerrero IG/TikTok: @MyUndocumentedAss / IG Español: @ElChamacoIndocumentado
GUEST LINKS:
Che covers repro rights for undocumented
NEWS DUMP:
How Abortion Care Became Linked to Witchcraft Centuries Ago
Florida Official Throws Desantis Under Bus for Bid to Block Pro-abortion Ads
Inside the US Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
Missouri AG in Abortion Pill Lawsuit Argues Fewer Teen Pregnancies Hurt State Financially
Several States Cracking down on Abortion as Dogs Sniff Mail to Intercept Pill Distribution
EPISODE LINKS:
STREAM: No One Asked You on Jolt
CALL TO ACTION 10/29: Abortion Academy Webinar
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