Part 1 & 2: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works

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Part 1

Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/
The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.

https://www.ifwhenhow.org/
If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justice

https://www.aafront.org/

http://operationsaveabortion.com/

https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacy

Part 2

May 10, 2022 • 59 min

In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago.

The Repro Legal Defense Fund covers bail and funds strong defenses for people who are investigated, arrested, or prosecuted for self-managed abortion.

https://www.ifwhenhow.org/

If/When/How are lawyers fighting for reproductive justice

https://www.aafront.org/

http://operationsaveabortion.com/

https://digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/abortion-privacy

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Right off the bat, I think it's true what Margaret said that it's obviously about social control and not morals because some states with trigger laws are also banning some forms contraception like intrauterine devices etc. This is clearly a macro-level throttling of the birth rates to get desired strategic population markers and economic growth. It reminds me of the Baby Boom that occurred after WW2, and other things that associated with a time of economic growth for USA. Now USA has an aged population with declining fertility rates, what keeps it higher than that of countries in Europe is in large part immigration and the white supremacist basis of the state cannot stand by that. They are vested in white replacement/white genocide narratives and into preserving the "native population" and "the national character". With this aged population and maybe even a looming WW3 on the horizon, they need to start cranking out babies to make replacement for the cannon fodder and running the war machine economy.

Right now women fleeing from Ukraine are having to get abortions in Poland because they were raped by Russian soldiers. Imagine Ukrainian refugees arriving at USA with an undesired pregnancy only to find out that they will be criminalized for seeking out an abortion. This is the situation many immigrants have faced and continue to face, including miscarriages, and having to give birth en route and the suffering the death of newborns.

My moms had a couple abortions in the early 1960s with the help of Jane. She was a little nervous the first time, as she had to get in a car in an alley wIth folks she didn’t know to go to an unknown location, but it all went fine and the second time was easier. Big ups to Jane!

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