Progress does not happen without popular support, direct action, and outrage in the streets
world will demand that many people engage in activism. The best way is the one that works for you, something that is sustainable and hopefully fun too. In college Julie used to hide behind the lens of the camera at protests and then publish the photos in the campus newspaper. Kitty and her wife Joann owned a microphone and portable sound system that they loaned out to activists who literally wanted to amplify their voices.
Time and time again, research has shown that as abortion gets harder to obtain, it does not go away—it goes underground. The good news is that with self-managed medication abortion now an option, women need not return to the pre-days when back-alley abortions were performed by scary practitioners in unsanitary and unsafe conditions.
Activists are already developing ways to help women who choose to self-manage or self-induce their abortions. Plan C provides information about the online availability of medication abortion from reliable sources. If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice provides free legal assistance for women seeking to self-manage their care. With help, a large percentage of the women seeking early medication abortion outside medical settings will be able to do so safely and without shame.
On a sunny Saturday in November just after Election Day 2020, there was dancing in the streets of Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and worldwide. Four tense days of ballot counting had passed before the election was called for President Biden and Vice President Harris.The political activism and effective organizing of Black women in key battleground states, particularly Georgia, and support from suburban women voters helped catapult President Biden to victory.
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