Today we take a look at the continued, relentless state-level assault on abortion access around the country and the impending catastrophic consequences in Texas where an ideologically conservative court is openly seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
Ch. 2: Act 1: How To Get An Abortion In The Unites States - @ajplus - Air Date: 12-11-14
Ch. 3: Song 1: Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles - Syd Matters
Ch. 4: Act 2: Fox's Keith Ablow - Men Should Be Able To Veto Women's Abortions - @mmfa - Air Date: 05-08-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: We Are the Kids - WALK THE MOON
Ch. 6: Act 3: .@ScottWalker's B.S. Reason For Forcing Women To Get Ultrasounds - @majorityfm - Air Date: 06-04-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Daka's Ultrasound - Theodore Shapiro
Ch. 8: Act 4: Woman Charged with Murder After Taking Abortion Pill - The @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 06-10-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Can't Stop (feat. Kanye West) - Theophilus London
Ch. 10: Act 5: North Carolina governor breaks promise again on new abortion laws - @maddow - Air Date: 06-07-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Never Is a Promise - Fiona Apple
Ch. 12: Act 6: The Unborn Ultimatum, @msjwilly - @TheDailyShow - Air Date: 01-15-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Faces Without Names - John Powell
Ch. 14: Act 7: Murder Charges Dismissed for Woman Who Took Abortion Pill - The @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 06-12-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Drop the Charges - Grand Agent
Ch. 17: Song 8: Oklahoma-Texas Line - Rascal Flatts
Ch. 18: Act 9: New strategy in battle over reproductive rights w/@WholeWomans @rtraister @crfredrickson - @MHPshow - Air Date: 06-14-15
Ch. 19: Song 9: Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955) - Johnny Cash
Ch. 20: Act 10: #FightBackTX with @FundTexasChoice — Best of the Left Activism
Ch. 21: Song 10: Activism - Shihan
Ch. 22: Act 11: .@AngryBlackLady Let's Loose on the Fifth Circuit & Abortion Restrictions in Texas - @TWiBnation - Air Date: 06-10-15
Voicemails
Ch. 23: The social implications of supporting legalization - Casey from Chicago, IL
Ch. 24: More details on shooting 49 rounds - Dylan from Fort Bliss, TX
Ch. 25: Montessori education and an Islamic caliphate - Chris from Colorado Springs
Voicemail Music:Loud Pipes - Classics
Ch. 26: Final comments on supporting legalization, humanizing and training cops, introverted learning and the Islamic caliphate
Closing Music:Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
Activism: #FightBackTX with @FundTexasChoice
Take Action:
Follow and support Fund Texas Choice
Additional Activism/Resources:
Follow and support the other Texas abortion funds:
Whole Woman’s Texas Action Fund
Sources/further reading:
"State Facts About Abortion: Texas” via The Guttmacher Institute
"Fifth Circuit Upholds More HB 2 Provisions, Dares the Supreme Court to Step In” by Jessica Pieklo at RH Reality Check
"Court Upholds Texas’ ‘Devastating’ Anti-Choice Omnibus Law” by Andrea Grimes at RH Reality Check
"Plaintiffs appeal to 5th Circuit Court, Supreme Court following ruling on HB 2” at The Daily Texan
"Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stay Ruling That Could Immediately Shutter All But 9 Abortion Clinics in Texas” via The Center For Reproductive Rights
Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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