MasterPOS

Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire.News joined me to talk about the SCOTUS decision on Masterpiece Cake Shop and other federal cases she's been watching for us.

Jessica Mason Pieklo and Robin Marty Lay It Out in Crow After Roe

Jessica Mason Pieklo co-author of Crow After Roe, written with co-author Robin Marty, joined me to talk about reproductive rights and intersectionality, particularly how individual states' legislatures are serving as testing grounds for laws eroding women's right to bodily autonomy. You can find Jessica and Robin's work all over the internet; both are at Rewire News.

State of Texas Can't Explain Lack of Dignity for Women

Tonight Nancy Cardenas Pena Associate Director at the National Latina Institutes of Reproductive Health, Jan Soifer Travis County District Court Judge-Elect and Attorney at O'Connell Soifer LLP, the local law firm working with Center for Reproductive Rights on the current lawsuit against the State of Texas' fetal funeral regulation joined me and co-host Sonia Van Meter, political operative at Stanford Caskey, to talk about today's hearing to block the enforcement of fetal funeral regulations until a full hearing can be held, intersectionality, fetal funeral provisions, and reproductive justice. 

O'Connell Soifer also served as local counsel for Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt. Jan recently served as Travis County Democratic Party Chair.

Inaugural Hour Long IFYT w/NARAL Pro-Choice Texas and Lilith Fund Executive Directors!

Heather Busby Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas and Amanda Williams Executive Director of the Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity joined me to introduce new listeners to the reproductive justice issues affecting Texas currently and how this situation has been multiple legislative sessions in the making. 

Whole Woman's Health v Hellerstedt Oral Arguments on the Docket

Mary Tuma, health reporter form the Austin Chronicle joined me to talk about the HB2 case's oral arguments before SCOTUS.

It's also the second week of the KOOP Spring Membership Drive, so you'll hear a lot of activity in, on, and from our community radio station.

Election Day with Joe!

It's another #ElectionDay Issues for Your Tissues with W. Joe Deshotel, Communications Director for the Travis County Democratic Party.

It's also the first show of the KOOP Spring Membership Drive, so you'll hear us talk about all kinds of civic duty and community support.

Sex Ed Is Reproductive Justice

This week Alda Santana sexual health educator and coordinator of the City's peer sexual health educators program joined me to talk about sex education as a necessary component of reproductive justice. neither can exist without the other.

Shift. Brings Texans Real Talk

Amanda Williams joined me from Shift. to share information about this new organization and their programs, including Real Talk, Choice Works, and Illuminate RJ.

Sister Reach Fights Insulting, Racist Billboards

My guest, Cherisse Scott, Founder and CEO of Sister Reach, first caught my attention in an local news interview from Memphis. 

Earlier this year, Pro-life [Pro-birth] Across America put billboards up around Memphis which urged black men to intercede in black women's reproductive health decisions, namely to prevent abortion. These advertisements sought to drive a wedge between black men and women, and negate women's bodily autonomy and moral agency. Scott worked with her community to address actual issues of social justice while undoing some of the damage the billboards did. Sister Reach launched a positive campaign to #TrustBlackWomen instead of judging women for whatever reproductive health decisions they make.

National Network of Abortion Funds Brings New Voice to Choice

On this episode Yamani Hernandez, the new Executive Director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, joined me to talk about incresing access, growing the reproductive justice movement within social justice framework, telling abortion stories, Bowl-a-thon, and more.