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Abortion Academy with SYA

Nov 22, 2024

SYA Executive Director Amelia Bonow and SYA Organizing Director Jex Blackmore talk about building strong, resilient networks with the people around us in order to to prepare for the difficult times ahead. Amelia and Jex talk about the connection between abortion access and forging strong communities, and offer some...


Nov 1, 2024

In this session of Abortion Academy we talk with Elisa Wells and Lauren Hattaway from Plan C Pills. We focus on how the US presidential election outcomes could affect abortion pill access in the US, including potential legal and regulatory challenges posed by election outcomes: a federal ban, enforcing the Comstock...


Sep 28, 2024

In this session of Abortion Academy we speak with Gina Martinez from the Colorado Doula Project about his work with CDP, including an overview of the abortion doula role, how CDP supports abortion seekers, and Colorado's significance in the US abortion landscape. We talk more about how and why CDP was created, the...


Jul 26, 2024

We are thrilled to welcome our first repeat guest back to Abortion Academy! Erika Christensen from Patient Forward and WhoNotWhen returns to take a deeper dive into abortion later in pregnancy. Abortion is on the ballot everywhere this election season, and understanding policy proposals can be confusing. We'll talk...


Jun 28, 2024

In this episode we talk with Rhiannon Hamam of 5-4, "a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks." Rhiannon will gives us a broad overview of how the conservative legal project has shaped abortion law, talks about the concept behind "laws aren't real," and hosts an AMA on all things SCOTUS-related.

She is a former...