Jordan Wyer, MSW Update 12/17/18 Last week, Ohio State Senators approved HB 258. Governor Kasich now has the opportunity to sign or veto this legislation. We will keep you updated. Ohio’s House of Representatives got a jump start to the holiday season with proposed abortion legislation that could essentially eliminate access to abortion care and …
Lame duck started this week. Buckle up, folks! LAME DUCKS: elected officials in their final period of office, after the election of their successors. Lame ducks in Michigan are using the time they have left to exercise their power without the fear of consequences! We need to speak up against these bills and demand politicians follow …
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Reclaim and the National Institute of Reproductive Health (NIRH) launched a new campaign, highlighting what could happen in Michigan if Roe v. Wade is overturned. With social media ads and billboards across Michigan, this campaign is raising awareness of a pre-Roe abortion ban that is still on the books. This ban from 1931 could charge …
Borrowed from our friends at In This Together Project. I’ve had a love affair with Northland Family Planning since summer of 2016. The first time I had a taste of how NFP was different from other abortion care spaces, was the first day that I escorted with them. I have been involved in reproductive justice since …
I remember the day one of my close friends (a woman of color) said, “History is written by the ‘winners’.” She spoke this as I was learning about the boarding schools Native Americans were sent to in the late 19th century to mid 20th century in order to make them assimilate to the new Euro-American …
By Jordan Wyer, MSW On May 10, 2018 abortion providers, doctors, activists, faith leaders, and advocates from across the country met in Washington DC to take to the Hill and lobby for the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA; S.510/H.R. 1322). The Act for Women campaign takes aim at Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider (TRAP) laws …
Jordan Wyer, MSW I worked as a door-to-door salesperson for 4 grueling days in the summer of 2015. One of the most important tricks of this profession are icebreakers. If I could make a connection and start a conversation, I could make a sale. I was instructed to inquire about topics that EVERYONE was open …
By Jordan Wyer, MSW It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… and I’m not just referring to the famous opening line of the Charles Dickens novel with the same title as this post. This February, anti-abortion zealots calling …
During this historic week of #roe45, the 45th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion in the US, we have exciting news: more than 140 organizations and leaders committed to a new vision for abortion — including Reclaim! It started last year when reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations convened 28 …
When I started my internship at Northland Family Planning, I was not familiar with the many components of abortion care, and I had little understanding of what providers faced on a day-to-day basis. During my first week interning, I was entering through the clinic doors while a protestor shouted, “Don’t do this, mom. Come talk …