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    The Best, Worst and Weirdest Abortion News of 2023

    enDecember 22, 2023
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    About this Episode

    Full episode transcript HERE.

     

    It's been a hellacious year in Abortlandia and on this last pod of the year, we are counting down the best, worst, AND the weirdest stories of 2023. 

    Did we say the best ones? Yes, yes we did. 

    Fueled by lethally spiked eggnog, we made our lists and checked them twice, figured out what’s naughty and nice, and we’re bringing it to you in one big, delicious serving of pod-y pudding!

    Moji and Lizz are joined by the hilarious FBK News Dumpers, Molly and Dooks, to bring you the crème de la crème AND the crème de la crap of this year’s abortion news. 

    Plus, it wouldn't be the end-of-year podcast without our yearly Secret Satan gift exchange! Hilarity ensues when money is no object and you have a white elephant party with gifts found in the bowels of the dark, dark web. 

    Times are heavy, knowledge is power, a new year is coming. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe

    Alyssa Al-Dookhi @TheDookness

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    WORST NEWS OF 2023

    3. Texas abortion case heard before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit

    2. Woman’s abuse of corpse case heads to grand jury

    1. The Supreme Court will hear its biggest abortion case since it overruled Roe v. Wade

     

    BEST NEWS OF 2023

    3. Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive Pills

    2. Virginia Republicans embraced a 15-week abortion ban — and then lost

    1. Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again

     

    WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2023

    3. Trump-appointed judge in Southwest Airlines case orders lawyers to undergo 'religious-liberty training' by conservative Christian group

    2. ‘It’s a public health risk’: nurse decries infection control at US anti-abortion crisis center

    1. Food made of aborted fetuses needs clear labels, new TX bill says

     

    WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS:

    Lizz to Molly: Canyon Ministries: What We Believe Retreat + Golf for Life - Save the Storks 

    Molly to Alyssa: God’s Creation Sunglasses, Vintage Pyrex Fetus Bowl, + Smokey Sue Smokes for Two

    Alyssa to Moji: Daniel Cameron for Governor Golf Ball Set, Moms for Daniel Cameron Dark Ash Knit Cuff Beanie, Daniel Cameron for Governor White Slim Beverage Cooler, Moms for Daniel Cameron Canvas Tote Bag, Seven Weeks Pro-life Coffee, + Phillip K. Dick’s Forgotten Pro-life Short Story

    Moji to Lizz: Discovering Personality With Dr. Jordan B. Peterson + Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape From the Democrat Plantation

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

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    This week we’re reminding y’all why and how you should be supporting abortion providers year-round. We’re also spilling the pipin’ hot abobo tea from this week’s shenanigans in this dystopian hellscape we’re fighting through. We drag Tennessee's latest BS, but celebrate some wins brought to you by Nebraska, CVS, & Walgreens! We remember Dr. David Gunn and Bronx Abortion, and expose the anti-abobo clowns that are targeting clinics with some real shady videos. 

     

    SPECIAL GUEST ROLL CALL:  Melissa Grant, COO & Co-Founder of FemHealth USA is in the house to drop the ugly truth of the horrors and violence abortion clinics face on the daily and delivers the knowledge on how YOU can fight back! PLUS, AAF’s very own Programs Director and abortion clinic protector, Kristin Hady, drops by with this season’s hottest tips for being an awesome abobo ally and showing solidarity with abortion providers.

     

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    ROE-CABULARY: Hyde Amendment - the Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion care except for cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother. 

     

    HOSTS:

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    Alyssa Al-Dookhi @TheDookness

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Kristin Hady IG: @TAC_escorts TW: @CCCEscorts

    Melissa Grant IG/TW/TikTok: @Carafem

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    Tennessee GOP Blocks IVF Protection Bill in Committee Over Abortion Concerns

    Nebraska Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Abortion, Trans Care Law

    Cvs & Walgreens to Begin Selling Abortion Pill This Month

    A Crucial Abortion Access Lifeline Is Hanging by a Thread

    Missouri Accuses Planned Parenthood of ‘Trafficking’ Minors to Get Abortions

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    Amazon Wishlist: Send Gift Cards to Abortion Clinics!

    Toledo Abortion Center Escorts

    Carafem Website

    DONATE: Carafem

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Indie Clinic in the Bronx: Dr. Emily Women’s Center

    SUPPORT ABORTION CLINICS

    3/10 CALL TO ACTION: Zoom Signup 

    SIGN: Mifepristone Petition

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

     

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

     

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    Alabama’s IVF Problem: Incessant Vaginal Fuckery With Dr. Rebecca Gomperts & Subhah Agarwal

    Alabama’s IVF Problem: Incessant Vaginal Fuckery With Dr. Rebecca Gomperts & Subhah Agarwal

    Full episode transcript HERE.

     

    Another podisode where we tear the patriarchy apart! Lizz is in vacay mode, but Moji is here with brilliant guest host and AAF Head Writer Alyssa Al-Dookhi, AKA Dooks. This week we decode all of the IVF chaos that’s going down in not-so-sweet Alabama. We drag, expose, and deep dive into Tom Parker, the judicial creeper who just stuck his grubby hands in your IVF freezer. Oh, and spoiler: ballot initiatives aren't the magic wand that will save abortion. We unpack the shit they are pulling in Kansas and Mississippi to make sure nobody can vote for abortion. PLUS A LOT MORE ABOBO NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW! Oh, our tea spilleth over!

    SPECIAL GUEST ROLL CALL: The INCREDIBLE Dr. Rebecca Gomperts of Women on Waves and Aid Access schools us on her work, getting abortions on ships, and the magical miracle pill, mifepristone, and all of the things it is capable of! 

    PLUS, the hilarious Subhah Agarwal delivers the serotonin boost we need and shoots the shit with us about her new comedy special Airport Pigeon, marrying a clown, and comedians’ role in speaking up against injustice! 

     

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

     

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    Alyssa Al-Dookhi @TheDookness

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Dr. Rebecca Gomperts IG: @AidAccess TW: @RebeccaGomperts TikTok: @AidAccess

    Subhah Agarwal IG: @Subhaha TW: @Subhah TikTok: @SubhahComedy

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    West Virginia Senate Oks Bill Requiring Schools to Show Anti-abortion Group Fetal Development Video

    $10.6M Grant Expands Funding for Abortion Clinical Care Training

    Bill to Better Define What Is Considered Medically Necessarily in Relation to Abortion Pre-filed

    Alabama Senate and House Pass Bills to Protect IVF After Court Ruling

    Mississippi Ballot Initiative Proposal Would Not Allow Changes to Abortion Laws

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    Mife Study: Evaluation of Mifepristone as a Monthly Contraceptive Pill

    Women on Waves

    Women on Web

    Get Abortion Pills: Aid Access

    GOFUNDME: Reclaim Your Rights! A New Post-roe Strategy

    Subhah Agarwal’s Website + Tour Dates

    Subhah’s Special: Airport Pigeon

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    BUY: Signed Murmur Tour Poster

    CALL TO ACTION 3/7: Hydra Fund’s Self-Managed Abortion Workshop

    SIGN: Mifepristone Petition

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

     

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    Unraveling The Impact of Denied Abortions With Dr. Diana Greene Foster

    Unraveling The Impact of Denied Abortions With Dr. Diana Greene Foster

    Full episode transcript HERE. 

     

    Well, well, it’s not every day your Buzzkills are graced with a MacArthur Genius fellow, but today is NOT one of those days! 

    Dr. Diana Foster Greene is in the pod house talking about her award-winning research paper, The Turnaway Study, which is a comprehensive look at the harms caused by folks being denied abortion care. It is incredible.  

    Lizz is out on the film festival circuit with the AAF documentary No One Asked You, so our intrepid news dumper Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi is holding it down with Moji, and they are digging deeper into the biggest stories of the week. 

    There is righteous news from pro-choice South Carolina politicians who are trolling the menz who passed their neanderthal abortion bans. Their new bill demands the state to pay for EVERY SINGLE COST associated with pregnancy. It is the energy we need to see across all these states where barbarians mind the gate. 

    Also, WOOF! As if we don’t have enough to worry about, ABORTION PILL ROOFIEing IS APPARENTLY A THING.

    You might wanna listen to this one with a scream pillow. 

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

     

    HOSTS:

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi @TheDookness

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Dr. Diana Greene Foster Twitter/X: @Dianagfoster

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    Anti-abortion centers raked in $1.4bn in year Roe fell, including federal money

    New legislation would redefine fetuses as Kansas children

    West Virginia Senate passes ‘informed consent’ abortion bill

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    Dr. Diana Greene Foster’s TED Talk 

    The Turnaway Study

    UCSF Post Care study Sign-Up Link

    UCSF Post Care study Home Page

    The Turnaway Play, Kitchen Theatre ticket link 

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Johnson Watch

    Voting changes, abortion access and other new Michigan laws take effect Tuesday

    Texas attorney who poisoned pregnant wife with abortion medication sentenced to 180 days in jail

    South Carolina bill would offer compensation to women denied abortions

    No One Asked You - the documentary about Abortion Access Front

    SIGN UP 2/21: Know Your Plan C: The State of Pills by Mail in the US. Hosted by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights and Plan C Pills

    SIGN: Mifepristone Petition

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

     

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    MINI-EPISODE: Two Abobo Pods Walk into a Bar... With Renee Bracey Sherman & Regina Mahone

    MINI-EPISODE: Two Abobo Pods Walk into a Bar... With Renee Bracey Sherman & Regina Mahone

    Full episode transcript HERE.

    The Feminist Buzzkills are bringing y’all TWO abobo pods for the price of one (FREE.99)! YUP, Moji is joining forces with the geniuses behind the fresh new abortion podcast, The A Files: A Secret History of Abortion, AKA the amazing heroic Renee Bracey Sherman and her writing partner Regina Mahone, who is also an editor at The Nation. WTF is The A Files? How does the vision of abortion storytelling need to be shifted? Why do we need to be looking at the left? What abortion stigmas do we need to be moving away from? We’re answering all these questions and more PLUS reminding you that melanated folks are central to the history of abortion. Period. 

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOST:

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Renee Bracey Sherman IG: @ReneeBraceySherman TW: @RBraceySherman 

    Regina Mahone IG/TW: @ByReginaMahone 

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    PODCAST: The A-Files

    The Meteor Website IG/TW: @TheMeteor

    Rewire News Group Website

    We Testify Website IG: @WeTestify TW: @AbortionStories

    The Nation

    PRE-ORDER: Liberating Abortion

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    BUY TICKETS: No One Asked You Doc Screening

    BUY TICKETS: Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy Tour

    SIGN: Mifepristone Petition

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast 
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    PROJECT 2025: The Anti-Abortion Playbook With Gretchen Sisson & Dylan McKeever

    PROJECT 2025: The Anti-Abortion Playbook With Gretchen Sisson & Dylan McKeever

    Full episode transcript HERE.

     

    SAVE THE DATE: March 26th is the date the Supreme Court will hear the abortion pill (mifepristone) case! What does this mean? What quack evidence did the anti-abobo clowns drag in? The Buzzkills got you. And when the awful-est activists in the country aren’t in court trying to destroy us? They’re working tirelessly behind the scenes on an anti-abobo-core thing called Project 2025. WTF is it? How will it fuck with your rights? And what can we do about it? We’ll decode it all for you. PLUS une énorme abobo win in France, oui oui! 

    WOOF. WHAT A WEEK. Who did we call in for backup? SPECIAL GUEST ROLL CALL: Sociologist Dr. Gretchen Sisson talks about her upcoming book, Relinquished,  which explores the realities of choosing adoption, how we should talk about adoption and abortion together, and what she learned on her 10-year journey examining all of it. 

    PLUS, the hilare comedian and video maker Dylan McKeever takes us to Queer University! She gabs it up with us on monogamy, dating Zillennials, creative autonomy, comedy in times of darkness, and how she relaxes.

     

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

     

    NEWS DUMPER:

    Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Gretchen Sisson IG/Threads: @gretchen.sisson / TW: @gesisson

    Dylan McKeever IG: @deemakes / TikTok: @deemakes_

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    Six Anti-abortion Extremists Found Guilty of Conspiring and Blockading Tennessee Clinic

    Mississippi Ballot Initiative Proposal Would Not Allow Changes to Abortion Laws

    PA Supreme Court Allows Challenge to 1982 Law Prohibiting Medicaid Payments for Abortions

    France On-Track to Constitutionalize Abortion Rights

    ACLU Warns Supreme Court That Lower Court Abortion Pill Decisions Relied on “Patently Unreliable Witnesses”

    The Anti-abortion Plan Ready for Trump on Day One

    About Project 2025

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    PRE-ORDER Gretchen’s Book: RELINQUISHED

    Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health Website

    The Turnaway Study

    Dylan McKeever’s Website

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Kacsmaryk References a Wack Study for the Mife Case

    2015 Study on Major Complications in Medication Abortion

    Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy Tour

    SF Indiefest: No One Asked You

    6 Degrees: Nicki Minaj Says Her Abortion Has ‘Haunted’ Her

    SIGN UP 2/6: Religion & Repro Training 

    SIGN: Mifepristone Petition

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast 
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    Stop Trying to Make Abortion Trafficking a Thing With Shea Couleé & Anna Eskamani

    Stop Trying to Make Abortion Trafficking a Thing With Shea Couleé & Anna Eskamani

    CONTENT WARNING: Rape/Sexual assault 

    Full episode transcript HERE.

    The anti-abortion ghouls are ghouling this week and the Feminist Buzzkills are exposing and Buzzkilling! WHERE DO WE BEGIN?! How can a SCOTUS case about a HERRING FISHERY possibly destroy abortion access? WTF is the “Chevron Doctrine?” What’s with the F’ed up trend of redefining helping someone get an abortion as “abortion trafficking?!” The Buzzkills got you covered!

    Oh and hey, remember that fun little state called Florida? We invited Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani, an abortion MVP in the Sunshine State, to help decode the absolute chaos cavern that is the land of Disney. She explains their new shitty abortion bill and their awesome ballot initiative, laments the return of DeSatan, and delivers marching orders on what pro-choice politicians can do. 

    PLUS, the fabulous multi-hyphenate, Shea Couleé of Drag Race All Stars IS HERE! She kikis with us about drag as a love letter to Black women, Black feminine divinity, radical self-expression, bodily autonomy, AND Her upcoming “Love Ball” tour. 

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

     

    NEWS DUMPER:

    Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Anna Eskamani @AnnaForFlorida

    Shea Couleé @SheaCoulee

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    KY Rep. Files Bill Requiring Video Produced by Anti-abortion Group to Be Shown in Schools

    North Dakota Court Keeps Strict Abortion Ban in Place Even in Cases of Medical Emergencies

    Co-author of 14-Week Abortion Ban Bill Defends Leaving Out Exceptions for Rape or Incest

    Amanda Nedweski Picture

    Nearly 65,000 Us Rape Victims Could Not Get an Abortion in Their State, Analysis Shows

    Abortion “Trafficking” Travel Bans Proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma

    Does the Mifepristone Case Tee up a Chevron Challenge?

    The Significance of Chevron Deference

    The Supreme Court Gave Itself Huge Extra Powers and It’s Becoming a Big Problem

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    Anna Eskamani Website

    Floridians Protecting Freedom

    Shea Couleé Website + Tour Dates

    The Original Parent Trap (1961)

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    SIGN: Mifepristone Petition

    MINNEAPOLIS 2/1: Michele Norris

    6 Degrees: Tim Scott Proposed to His Real-Life Girlfriend and She Said Yes

    Tim Scott Claims Democrats Want Abortions up to 52 Weeks

    CALL TO ACTION 1/31: Protect Our Rights Virtual Volunteer Training

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast 
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    March for Life Madness 2024 With Kristin Hady & Grace Howard

    March for Life Madness 2024 With Kristin Hady & Grace Howard

    Today’s weather in our nation’s capital was mostly patriarchy with scattered showers of dude-splaining, because today was the 50th annual MARCH FOR LIFE, the country’s biggest gathering of anti-abortion dickbags! Your Feminist Buzzkills watched so you don’t have to and we are naming, shaming, exposing and dragging the whole thing for filth, just the way we always do. 

    Did they try to appear like compassionate and reasonable uterus-policing ogres now that they know just how much America is against them? Or did they just double down on the extremism? And what are they planning for 2024? WE ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS and so much more.

    To break it all down, we brought in one of the best in the biz, AAF’s very own Extremist Whisperer, Kristin Hady. She helps cut through all the BS and gives y’all the inside scoop on all the players involved in this year’s Oppressionpallooza. 

    PLUS, Dr. Grace Howard is here! Grace literally wrote the book on the Pregnancy Police, i.e. all the ways the fascists want to criminalize and control every pregnancy. We’re blabbing with her on the criminalization of pregnant people post-Roe, how there are no “havens,” and what we can do to shut down the policing of pregnant people. 

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Kristin Hady IG: @TAC_Escorts TW: @CCCEscorts

    Grace Howard IG: @Gracie_no TW: @ProfGraceHoward TikTok: @ProfGraceHoward

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    Congress Finds Pharmacies Give Patient Records to Law Enforcement Without Warrants

    Maine Lawmakers Propose Constitutional Amendment to Guarantee Abortion Access

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    Expose Fake Clinics

    Toledo Abortion Center Escorts

    TAC Escorts Linktree

    Grace’s Book: The Pregnancy Police 

    DONATE: Repro Legal Defense Fund

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    AAF’s IG Live at Moms for Liberty

    Hypocrites Unmasked

    Seth Gruber Clip

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast 
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    Texas and Idaho Don’t Care if You Die. With Lauren Miller, Pamela Merritt & Emma Willmann

    Texas and Idaho Don’t Care if You Die. With Lauren Miller, Pamela Merritt & Emma Willmann

    Full episode transcript HERE.

     

    New Year, New Pod Episode, Same Anti-Abortion Cruelty and Inhumanity! Happy 2024 fellow abobo warriors. Lizz is out this week but we got AAF comedy genius Alyssa “Dooks” Al-Dookhi holding down the fort with Moji, and they’re serving y’all all the tea we’ve been pissed about… *cough cough* we’re looking at you, Texas and Idaho. WTF did they do this time? WTF is EMTALA? And WTF can you do about it? Fuck around, listen, and find out.

    Meet Lauren Miller, one of the TWENTY-TWO women suing wack-ass Texas after being denied life-saving abortion care. She joins the Buzzkills to share her gut-wrenching horror story with us and give you marching orders on how YOU can help. 

    PLUS, the brilliant Pamela Merritt of Medical Students for Choice is in the house to remind us abortion ban exceptions are BULLSHIT. She breaks down everything we need to know about EMTALA and gives us the doctor’s POV on how terrifying it is to practice under these vile garbage conditions. 

    WHERE’S OUR SEROTONIN BOOST AT? Comedian Emma Willmann from the “Ask Men Anything” podcast pops by to deliver the laughs, gab about the wonders of Adderall and to answer that age-old question: Is it ever worth it to ask men anything?

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    Alyssa Al-Dookhi @TheDookness

     

    NEWS DUMPER:

    Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Lauren Miller IG: @DontMessWithTexs

    Pamela Merritt TW: @SharkFu

    Emma Willmann IG: @EmmaWillmann TikTok/TW: @IamEmmaWillmann

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    Creepy Speaker Mike Johnson Attended a Purity Ball With His Daughter

    Creepy ‘Purity Ball’ Video

    Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life?

    Pro-life Coffee Company Raises Nearly $300K to Support Pregnancy Resource Centers

    Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans

    To Safeguard Healthy Twin in Utero, She Had to ‘Escape’ Texas for Abortion Procedure

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    Medical Students for Choice Website IG/FB: @MSFChoice TW: @MSFC

    DONATE: MSFC

    WATCH: The Janes on HBO 

    SIGN: Petition to Include Abortion Training in Undergraduate Medical Education

    Center for Reproductive Rights Website

    DONATE: Center for Reproductive Rights

    REGISTER TO VOTE

    Emma Willmann Website

    Ask Men Anything Podcast

    Emma Willmann Tour Dates

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    1/18 CALL TO ACTION: Virtual Trans Equity Training

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    The Best, Worst and Weirdest Abortion News of 2023

    The Best, Worst and Weirdest Abortion News of 2023

    Full episode transcript HERE.

     

    It's been a hellacious year in Abortlandia and on this last pod of the year, we are counting down the best, worst, AND the weirdest stories of 2023. 

    Did we say the best ones? Yes, yes we did. 

    Fueled by lethally spiked eggnog, we made our lists and checked them twice, figured out what’s naughty and nice, and we’re bringing it to you in one big, delicious serving of pod-y pudding!

    Moji and Lizz are joined by the hilarious FBK News Dumpers, Molly and Dooks, to bring you the crème de la crème AND the crème de la crap of this year’s abortion news. 

    Plus, it wouldn't be the end-of-year podcast without our yearly Secret Satan gift exchange! Hilarity ensues when money is no object and you have a white elephant party with gifts found in the bowels of the dark, dark web. 

    Times are heavy, knowledge is power, a new year is coming. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe

    Alyssa Al-Dookhi @TheDookness

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    WORST NEWS OF 2023

    3. Texas abortion case heard before state's highest court, as more women join lawsuit

    2. Woman’s abuse of corpse case heads to grand jury

    1. The Supreme Court will hear its biggest abortion case since it overruled Roe v. Wade

     

    BEST NEWS OF 2023

    3. Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive Pills

    2. Virginia Republicans embraced a 15-week abortion ban — and then lost

    1. Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again

     

    WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2023

    3. Trump-appointed judge in Southwest Airlines case orders lawyers to undergo 'religious-liberty training' by conservative Christian group

    2. ‘It’s a public health risk’: nurse decries infection control at US anti-abortion crisis center

    1. Food made of aborted fetuses needs clear labels, new TX bill says

     

    WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS:

    Lizz to Molly: Canyon Ministries: What We Believe Retreat + Golf for Life - Save the Storks 

    Molly to Alyssa: God’s Creation Sunglasses, Vintage Pyrex Fetus Bowl, + Smokey Sue Smokes for Two

    Alyssa to Moji: Daniel Cameron for Governor Golf Ball Set, Moms for Daniel Cameron Dark Ash Knit Cuff Beanie, Daniel Cameron for Governor White Slim Beverage Cooler, Moms for Daniel Cameron Canvas Tote Bag, Seven Weeks Pro-life Coffee, + Phillip K. Dick’s Forgotten Pro-life Short Story

    Moji to Lizz: Discovering Personality With Dr. Jordan B. Peterson + Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape From the Democrat Plantation

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!

    How Many Wonder Women Does It Take To Save Abortion? With Lynda Carter, Kathryn Kolbert, Aisha Mills & Chris Geidner

    How Many Wonder Women Does It Take To Save Abortion? With Lynda Carter, Kathryn Kolbert, Aisha Mills & Chris Geidner

    STACKED POD ALERT:  What a pod we have this week, Buzzkillians! In case you missed it, the fuckwads over at SCOTUS decided to take on the mifepristone abobo pill case. WTF does it all mean? Chris Geidner, the brilliant Law Dork himself, swoops in to translate it out of dorky law words and into plain English for us. What else could possibly be getting the anti-abobo goblins’ rocks off this week? How about Missouri’s new bill charging abortion-havers with HOMICIDE? Or Illinois’ AG going total simp-mode for FAKE clinics? Don't worry, we’ll serve y’all some glimmers of GOOD NEWS, TOO!

    THREE more special guests are blessing your earholes. WONDER WOMAN herself, Lynda Carter, is in the house to buzzkill about obliterating the patriarchy, her new single "Rise Up," abortion, and being a clapback queen! PLUS, we pay tribute to the beloved trailblazer and repro hero, Andrea Miller, by honoring her remarkable legacy and accomplishments with Attorney Kathryn Kolbert and NIRH interim president Aisha Mills.

    Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu. 

    OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

     

    HOSTS:

    Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

    Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

    NEWS DUMPER:

    Molly Gaebe @MollyGaebe

     

    SPECIAL GUESTS: 

    Kathryn Kolbert

    Aisha Mills TW: @NIRHealth FB: National Institute for Reproductive Health

    Chris Geidner @LawDorkNews

    Lynda Carter @RealLyndaCarter

     

    NEWS DUMP:

    Missouri Lawmakers Propose Allowing Homicide Charges for Women Who Have Abortions

    After Pushing for Law Targeting ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers,’ Illinois Attorney General Backs off Legal Fight

    Michigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill Repealing Abortion Insurance Law She Fought Against a Decade Ago

    Supreme Court to Decide Whether Abortion Pill Will Remain Widely Available

     

    ​GUEST LINKS:

    SUBSCRIBE: Law Dork Website

    Kathryn Kolbert Website

    CONTACT KATHRYN AT: Controlling Women

    Center for Reproductive Rights

    NIRH Website

    DONATE: NIRH

    Lynda Carter Website

    Lynda Carter on Spotify

    WATCH: “Rise Up” Music Video

     

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Remembering Andrea Miller, a Reproductive Justice Movement Visionary With a Plan

    “I’ve Turned My Back on Roe to Fight for Abortion Equity” By Andrea Miller

    IG: @AndreaMillerNIRH TW: @AMillerNIRH

    SIGN UP: Self-Managed Medication Abortion Training - 12/16

    BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

    EMAIL your abobo questions to The Feminist Buzzkills

    AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

     

    FOLLOW US:
    Listen to us ~ FBK Podcast 
    Instagram ~ @AbortionFront
    Twitter ~ @AbortionFront
    TikTok ~ @AbortionFront
    Facebook ~ @AbortionFront
    YouTube ~ @AbortionAccessFront

    TALK TO THE CHARLEY BOT FOR ABOBO OPTIONS & RESOURCES HERE!

    PATREON HERE! Support our work, get exclusive merch and more! 

    DONATE TO AAF HERE!

    ACTIVIST CALENDAR HERE!

    VOLUNTEER WITH US HERE!

    ADOPT-A-CLINIC HERE!

    EXPOSE FAKE CLINICS HERE!

    GET ABOBO PILLS FROM PLAN C PILLS HERE!

    When BS is poppin’, we pop off!