{"id":46598,"date":"2021-09-03T21:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T01:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=46598"},"modified":"2021-09-03T21:49:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T01:49:17","slug":"how-to-fight-for-reproductive-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/how-to-fight-for-reproductive-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fight for Reproductive Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I assume you’re up-to-date on the Christofascist<\/a> ban on abortion that’s been legalized in Texas<\/a>, but maybe you’re still wondering what to do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quote from 2004.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First, here’s a tiny bit of good news: Thanks to public outcry, hosting company GoDaddy is forcing an abortion vigilante site — one that encouraged people to anonymously send in tips on other people’s private medical procedures — to find a new online home<\/a>, citing terms of service violations. Activists had already flooded the site with garbage information<\/a>, or maybe it wasn’t garbage information: I reported Texas Governor Greg Abbott for participating in abortions, and I don’t know that that’s not<\/em> true. If you want to put in your two cents and report Abbott or some other woman-hating Republican before the site gets the boot, you can go directly to prolifewhistleblower.com or use an iPhone shortcut created by TikTok user Sean Black<\/a> here<\/a>. Obviously, we’ll have to see if this piece-of-shit website shows up on another service, so we can de-platform it there too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those of you who are in New York City and want to take to the streets right away, the activists of Refuse Fascism have announced a 2 p.m. “die in” protest in Times Square tomorrow (Saturday, September 4). Meet at the red steps on 47th and 7th. There’s also going to be a nationwide action next month, because the Women’s March and more than 90 other organizations are organizing marches in every state for Saturday, October 2, ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening on October 4. I’ll certainly be at a march in either New York or Washington D.C. Sign up now to participate wherever you are<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 2018 Facebook post from Pastor Dave Barnhart explaining the “pro-life” obsession with fetuses.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Donations are always a good idea. Planned Parenthood<\/a> and NARAL<\/a> are the stalwarts, but, on Twitter, Helmi Henkin<\/a> and Kenia Maravilla<\/a> put together a list of organizations that provide financial and emotional support to people seeking abortion care in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n