Episode 70: Trump Holding Up Covid research because…abortion.

Hello fellow coroniacs! The social distancing continues but that does not stop us intrepid feminists from gathering in our various sleeper cells to bring you all the abobo related news from this week! And man, patriarchy does NOT care about spreading its own special plague in their little game of, “Corona, But Make it Abortion.” 

It’s a special edition of The Feminist Sleeper Cell as we spend the pod doing a deep dive into how abortion access and provision is being navigated and made even more challenging during a pandemic. 

Joining us is an incredible journalist, Senior Reporter at Huffpo, Melissa Jeltsen 

Gathered in the Sleeper Cell

Lizz Winstead @lizzwinstead

Moji Alawode-El @mojilocks

Marie Khan @mkhanj

Quick Hits

Update on Corona Funding

• https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/16/blog-posting/no-pelosi-wasnt-caught-trying-add-abortion-funding/

Fetal Tissue Research Could Save Us All

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trump-ban-on-fetal-tissue-research-blocks-coronavirus-treatment-effort/2020/03/18/ddd9f754-685c-11ea-abef-020f086a3fab_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1ipDbTZly8LmUvJR5Gzm9300c_Ghf4-z4nNB-rxCQvmF6a3ISY589GbMw

Meaty Story

The Interview: Melissa Jeltsen She/her

Senior reporter at HuffPost who writes about violence against women and repro rights

• https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e70f423c5b60fb69ddee6e9/amp?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004&__twitter_impression=true

Here Is What Every State Should Do

• https://reason.com/2019/05/09/let-midwives-and-nurse-practitioners-provide-first-trimester-abortions-says-federal-court/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673521/

How Abortion Pills By Prescription Should Be a Thing BUT ESPECIALLY NOW

• https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2019/05/improving-access-abortion-telehealth
• https://www.ansirh.org/research/telemedicine-medication-abortion
• https://www.healthline.com/health-news/telemedicine-abortion-care-can-be-just-as-safe-as-an-in-person-visit

• https://www.ansirh.org/news/allowing-pharmacists-dispense-medication-abortion-prescription-could-improve-access-early
• https://rewire.news/article/2018/06/08/pharmacies-allowed-dispense-abortion-pill/

ACOG Study on Abortion As Essential Healthcare 

• https://www.acog.org/news/news-releases/2020/03/joint-statement-on-abortion-access-during-the-covid-19-outbreak

Practical Support Abortion Org Concerns

DONATE DONATE DONATE to these practical support powerhouses!

• Midwest Access Coalition- https://midwestaccesscoalition.org/pages/donate
• Brigid Alliance- https://brigidalliance.org/donation

Six Degrees of Abortion 

JoJo Is on Tik-Tok

• https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jojo-leave-get-out-chill-stay-in-coronavirus-969826/

Lizz tied “Sabatage” by JoJo > to the original Beastie Boys’ song > spouse Kathleen Hanna > KATHLEEN IS AN AMAZING ABORTION SUPPORTER 

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