Carolina Abortion Fund, Reproductive Justice and Autonomy

This week we had the opportunity to connect with Ash Williams, who is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Carolina Abortion Fund, and is also one of the architects of the Charlotte Uprising which they've been on the show before to talk about. I felt very lucky to get to talk with them again about the work they've been doing with Carolina Abortion Fund, but also about abortion in general and about expanding the meaning of reproductive justice work to encompass de-colonial views on care and healthcare work, environmental racism such as is going on in Flint Michigan, climate catastrophe, how this topic fits into a broader scope of reproductive capabilities being stolen from people, and many other aspects. They also spoke on how we talk about abortion from their own perspective as a Black trans person, and how transmisogyny, the erasure of transfeminine experience, and transphobia can play into how this issue is thought of. They also give suggestions for folks already doing reproductive justice work moving forward to create intentional access for all who need or want that. To help support this fund, to learn more about them and to donate if you can, you can visit their website https://www.carolinaabortionfund.org/ Shout Your Abortion, this is a consciousness raising project which has a new book out which you can see at their website. We Testify which is in collaboration with the National Network of Abortion Funds is a project that seeks to normalize abortions by helping folks tell their stories, can be found at we testify dot org National Network of Abortion Funds, a list of all independent and local abortion funds. Here is an article on Marshae Jones, who is a woman in Alabama facing felonies for the termination by gunshot wound of her pregnancy. The shooter is not being charged with anything as of the writing of this post. Yellowhammer Fund is doing bail support for Marshae! . ... . .. Playlist includes: Ni Una Menos by Rebeca Lane Georgina by Chumbawamba