Happy Friday, abobo babes! Lizz here! By now you’ve seen we spent 24 hours on the Capitol grounds reading real medication abortion stories submitted to us at Mifestories.com. We have all the deets for ya, but first, some fuckery from lawmakers who spent the week proving just how urgent telling our real stories is right now. Let’s get to it!
Two More States Jump On The Anti-Abortion Lawsuit Bandwagon — We’re Thrilled, Obvi
Arkansas and Alabama joined Louisiana in a new lawsuit against shield laws, which help folks in states with abortion bans access the abortion pill mifepristone. YEAH. They are SO scared of how safe, effective, and accessible it is.
Meanwhile, The White House Tells The DOJ To Cool Its Jets On Abortion ‘Til Midterms
What a tangled tug-of-war conservatives weave when it comes to abortion. Right as several states take a swing at the pill, the Casa Blanca tells Todd Gypsy Rose Blanche not to do what they think he’s about to do until after the midterms. They want to restrict abortion sooooo bad but every time they do, everyone hates their fucking guts for it and they lose elections. What’s a geriatric gerrymanderer to do?
Breaking News: Sam Alito Has Friends???
Sam “It Wasn’t Me” Alito says he has an idea who might be behind the Dobbs leak! He also said he didn’t expect all the backlash to that draft decision being leaked! Aw, Sammy Wammy lost some friends because he hates abortion? BOO FUCKING HOO. We hope all your robes get shrunk in the wash and come back with that funky smell that never comes out.
NOW ALL THE TEA About That Time Abortion AF & Friends Took Over The Capitol & Scotus For 24 Straight Hours With Your Abortion Stories!!
FOR MONTHS, we have been begging and hounding you and your friends to share your medication abortion stories with us to combat misinformation about mifepristone.
Well, that wasn’t THE WHOLE PLAN.
Last week we lovingly bound the stories we collected so far into three giant volumes of veracity, gathered some incredible humans, and read and discussed them on America’s front lawn, the US Capitol. FOR 24 STRAIGHT (and gay) HOURS! And the icing on this marathon cake? We marched our tired asses and all the stories we read over to the office of one of the most vile offenders of bodily autonomy we knew — Josh “hee-haw” Hawley.
Look at the incredible guests who dropped by to share these stories with us.
Rep. Ilhan Omar told her story and it had all of us crying! Check it out here if you want to be moved.
PLUS You can watch the entire 24-hour livestream on the Abortion Access Front Youtube channel.
Want To Join Us In This Fight For Mifepristone But Don’t Know How??
GREAT NEWS! We did a Special Mifepristone: 101 as part of our Operation Save Abortion series!
IT’S EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MEDICATION ABORTION plus a toolkit with marching orders for how to use, protect, uplift, and maximize access to medication abortion. So mark your calendars, grab some friends, and get to saving abortion!!!! It will be available NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH!
For Even More Great Opportunities, Check Out Our Activist Calendar Below
Our Activist calendar is loaded with events and actions both nationally or in your community – pick your poison and get your boots on the ground!
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You’d think I’d be EXHAUSTED from planning and executing 24-hours of MifeMania, but you would be WRONG, dear gentle reader! I am FIRED THE FUCK UP and ready to fight harder than hell for abortion access! Care to join me? Be a lot cooler if you did.
Peace out and pills up,
XO Lizz Winstead and Team Abortion AF
