The Whiplash Strategy: Anti-Abortion Zealots and Their Love Affair With Confusion

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams dive into the ever-evolving status of legal abortion in Ohio, discussing how confusion and constantly changing legal standards are not just a coincidence in a state under assault by anti-abortion religious extremists. Addressing the real motives of forced birthers who author legislative confusion, Kelley and Terry take a look at the religious underpinnings of this extreme agenda and offer some alternative ways for pro-choice religious voices to reclaim the power, witness, and integrity of their religious traditions in support of abortion seekers.

Links to discussed content:

• Hamilton County judge temporarily blocks 6-week ban: www.npr.org/2022/09/14/1123054970/ohio-abortion-ban-law-blocked-judge

• Abortion clinics overwhelmed by calls after 6-week ban blocked: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/09/19/ohio-clinics-say-phones-ringing-constantly-after-abortion-ban-blocked-by-judge/
• Christian Anti-Intellectualism: www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wasting-of-the-evangelical-mind

Music by Korbin Jones