R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Religion & Spirituality
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams tackle the latest abortion ban proposed in the Ohio General Assembly and give a rundown of the real reasons that extremist politicians keep putting forward bills that try to ban abortion in Ohio. With special attention to Senate Bill 123 (the so-called “Trigger Ban”), Kelley and Terry talk about class solidarity, the legislature’s stigmatizing assault on reproductive freedom, and the cult-like religious roots of this harmful, anti-Ohioan crusade against abortion.
Links to discussed content:
Senate Bill 123 (Trigger Ban) text as introduced in the Ohio General Assembly: www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-documents?id=GA134-SB-123
Abortion is Still Legal in Ohio – Find clinics and other information here: www.abortionislegalinohio.com/
Liver & Onions (and Abortion) – R-Soul podcast from August 2020: https://ohiorcrc.podbean.com/e/liver-onions-and-abortions/
A Record 106 Abortion Restrictions Have Already Passed in 2021: https://www.thecut.com/2021/10/states-passed-a-record-106-abortion-restrictions-in-2021.html
Senate Bill 23 (the Six-Week Abortion Ban) that was passed in Ohio in 2019 but isn’t in effect due to legal challenges & the law’s unconstitutionality: www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-documents?id=GA133-SB-23
2019 testimony against the Six-Week Abortion Ban by Elaina Ramsey, our Executive Director: https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/cm_pub_api/api/unwrap/chamber/133rd_ga/ready_for_publication/committee_docs/cmte_s_health_1/testimony/cmte_s_health_1_2019-02-26-0930_141/sb23ramsey.docx
Current gerrymandered maps for the Ohio House, Ohio Senate, and Ohio Federal Congressional districts: https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/ohio-candidates/district-maps/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_mmYXezrgatF56OEqaU2nIDKNyky5B2tnBYjyGWLNXYE-1633703283-0-gqNtZGzNAmWjcnBszQjl
Newly proposed gerrymandered maps for the Ohio House and Ohio Senate districts: www.redistricting.ohio.gov/maps
Kristina Roegner’s gerrymandered district that helps her advance extremist anti-abortion views: https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/SLD_RefMap/upper/st39_oh/sldu39027/DC10SLDU39027_001.pdf
Fair maps vote in 2018. The vast majority of Ohioans want fair maps: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/386839-ohio-voters-pass-redistricting-reform-initiative
Music by Korbin Jones
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