MY BODY, MY CHOICE
Resources REGARDING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND BODILY AUTONOMY
While there is always more to learn, we hope these resources can act as a good starting point for you to learn about social justice issues, research organizations that could benefit from your support, and find out how to take action in your own community!
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READ
Musicians react to Supreme Court decision on right to abortion
Why Crisis Pregnancy Centers Are Legal but Unethical
Anti-Abortion Ideology and White Supremacy Have Always Been Entangled
What “crisis pregnancy centers” really do
10 ways to smash the patriarchy no matter your gender or sexuality
WATCH
Online Videos
Ours to Tell - Video from We Testify and Planned Parenthood
Documentaries
The Abortion Diaries (2005)
Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque (2006)
After Tiller (2013)
Back Alley Detroit (1992)
Democracy on Trial: The Morgentaler Affair (1984)
The Education of Shelby Knox (2005)
From Danger to Dignity: The Fight for Safe Abortion (1995)
The Janes (2022)
Reversing Roe (2018)
Films
The 8th (2020)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Roe Vs. Wade (2020)
Up the Junction (1965)
Vera Drake (2004)
LISTEN
Podcasts
Series: ACCESS - a podcast about abortion
We Won’t Go Back: Pop Music and the Fight for Reproductive Rights - from Switched on Pop
Bodily Autonomy: Loving Grace and Mine and Mine Alone - from The Moth
The Crisis Pregnancy Center Scam - from unladylike.
The Last Four Years, the Last Five Decades - from The Cut
Study Examines the Lasting Effects of Having - Or Being Denied - An Abortion - from Fresh Air (NPR)
The Abortion Underground - from Science Vs
Terminated: Abortion Stories You Won’t Hear from Hollywood - from Embodied
Session 140: Healing After An Abortion - Therapy for Black Girls
Abortion Laws and Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) - from Queer Sex Ed Podcast
Playlists
From The Ongoing History of Protest Music: 10 Protest Songs About Women’s Reproductive Rights
From USA Today: 10 songs about abortion rights that hit differently after Roe v. Wade appeal
From Music for the New Revolution: Pro-Choice/Abortion Rights playlist
From Bitch Media: BitchTapes - Pro-Choice Anthems
SUPPORT
ABORTION FUNDS | A list of abortion funds, organized by state
WE TESTIFY | We Testify is an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have abortions, increasing the spectrum of abortion storytellers in the public sphere, and shifting the way the media understands the context and complexity of accessing abortion care.
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS | The National Network of Abortion Funds builds power with members to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access by centering people who have abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice.
NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND | The Northwest Abortion Access Fund is an abortion fund serving Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska. Trained, compassionate volunteer advocates run our toll-free hotline. We help people pay for their abortion care by sending funding directly to the clinic. We also help people get to and from the clinic and make sure people traveling for care have a safe place to stay.
TRANS LIFELINE | Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.
EQUI INSTITUTE | Enriching the health of the trans, queer, gender diverse, and intersex community
GREATER PORTLAND TRANS UNITY | Greater Portland Trans Unity is a diverse, non-hierarchical collective of organizers from across the trans spectrum. We organize the annual Portland Trans Pride March and other community-building events and activities.
PROGRAM
Choral works about bodily autonomy and reproductive justice.
CW: some of these works deal with highly sensitive issues such as sexual assault and harassment, transphobia, and other acts of violence.
Sally’s Pigeons by Cyndi Lauper, arr. Tim Sarsany
LISTEN by Melissa Dunphy
Witch Trial by Stacey Philipps
Blood Makes Noise by Suzanne Vega, arr. Maria Karlin
Three Words (from As One) by Laura Kaminsky
When the Dust Settles by Mari Esabel Valverde
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