Ellen Schenk, MPP

Repro folks: www.instagram.com/saveppse?igs...

I remember escorting one day at the clinic, and a mother + child walked up to the antis to ask for help. Antis PANICKED. Did not know what to do, made phone calls to make it seem like they were trying to help. Mother + child walked away after 15 minutes after escorts gave them some money.

There are 4 all-tri clinics in the DC area. Our region is a lifeline for people who need abortions past 24 weeks, and will be even more in demand with Dr. Hern’s clinic closing.

One way to help? Donate to @dcabortionfund.bsky.social to help us support patients traveling to those clinics.

Artwork featuring a Palestinian keffiyeh and poppies with the text “Fund Abortion Not War”

Several abortion funds across the country have now faced harassment and loss of funding for speaking in support of a #FreePalestine.

A future with #ReproductiveJustice requires global solidarity with all people suffering from violent state oppression of bodily autonomy: fundabortionnotwar.org

“because i want to” is a valid reason to get an abortion btw

Since it apparently needs to be said: As a Jew who works on a university campus, I am safest in a country that protects academic freedom and liberal values of due process of law. Anyone who supports extrajudicial detention of students for "wrong" ideological opinions is not doing it for my safety.

Happy Abortion Provider Appreciation Day! 🧵ed below are the insta/blueskys and donation links for independent abortion clinics around the country (in alphabetical order by state):

For those of y'all participating in the Economic Blackout today, consider using that money you're withholding to donate to abortion funds! 💸
I have created a website with abortion funds/clinics/support orgs listed by state: donationsforabortions.com

Map of the United States showing density of contraception prescription providers in each county, excluding California, Oregon, and Washington.

New update! Our Prescription Contraceptive Tracker now includes 2023 data. Did you know the total number of prescribers for pill, patch, and/or ring increased from between 2019 and 2023? Learn this and much more at www.gwhwi.org/tracker-cont... #MedSky

Everyone who knows me knows I’m a critic of big abortion providers whose leadership fails horrendously during this crisis, but New York Times has no fucking right to use the language they do in their new article on Planned Parenthood after they put the target on trans people’s backs & got us killed.

Spending the last hour of my work day trying to figure out what public data has already been deleted and what we can save. If this isn't a wake up call for people, I don't know what is.

During clinic escorting this morning, antis outside the clinic said that they can “go wherever they want” because the “FACE act doesn’t matter anymore.” 🙃

You may recall Lauren Handy, who was found keeping fetal remains in her apartment* freezer in DC. She’s one of the ones pardoned here, for her invasion of a clinic.

* apartment she was living in was paid for by a FedSoc leader

Donate to the DC Abortion Fund — DC Abortion Fund If you believe in expanding abortion access, local abortion funds are the answer. We exist to pay for abortions—period. With the exception of office expenses, every dollar you donate goes toward abort...

there is Washington and there is DC.

we are DC.

dcabortionfund.org/donate

The Washington Post reported on our new study in Health Affairs that found increased visits for vasectomy and tubal sterilizations among young people ages 19-26, especially in states likely to ban abortion after Dobbs.

Researchers, clinicians, advocates, & others who may not able to access the full text online, please don’t hesitate to reach out if interested!

Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The <italic>Dobbs</italic> Supreme Court Decision In 2022 | Health Affairs Journal Young adults’ access to contraception is shifting after the June 2022 United States Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. This concurrent mixed-methods study measured young adults’ use of and perceptions about tubal sterilization and vasectomy after the leaked Dobbs opinion in May 2022. Using national-level medical claims data from IQVIA, we conducted difference-in-differences analyses of tubal sterilizations and vasectomies by age and state policy; using open-text survey responses from national MyVoice surveys in 2022 and 2023, we thematically analyzed young adults’ perspectives. Tubal sterilization and vasectomy visits increased after May 2022 among participants ages 19–26. Difference-in-differences analyses found significant increases in tubal sterilization and vasectomy visits in states deemed likely to ban abortion. Survey responses highlight fear of loss of bodily autonomy and changes to pregnancy plans after Dobbs. Young adults increasingly obtained permanent contraception post-Dobbs, especially in states deemed likely to ban abortion, and they continue to face challenges to their bodily autonomy, whether they feel pressured to seek permanent contraception because of abortion policy restrictions or whether they desire permanent contraception but experience barriers obtaining it.

New study! We found increases in tubal sterilizations & vasectomies among ages 19-26 post Dobbs decision leak, esp. in states likely to ban abortion, using claims data. Survey participants were concerned w/ bodily autonomy & access to contraception + abortion. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

Donate to the DC Abortion Fund — DC Abortion Fund If you believe in expanding abortion access, local abortion funds are the answer. We exist to pay for abortions—period. With the exception of office expenses, every dollar you donate goes toward abort...

We are only 5K!!! away from our 100k match goal. THANK YOU EVERYONE, LETS DO THIS dcabortionfund.org/donate ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

How to get started with @dcabortionfund.bsky.social? Check out the gorgeous annual report DCAF’s talented staff put together. Yes, I know an annual report sounds boring. But this one is so pretty and so informative and I bet you’ll learn a lot about what’s happening with abortion funding.