Abortion’s on the Ballot: Go Vote, Motherf****rs! With Torrey DeVitto & Renee Bracey Sherman

Feminist Buzzkills

Full episode transcript HERE.

ATTENTION BUZZKILLIANS: It’s our last podcast before the possible end of Democracy, so we (plus a couple of special guests) are dropping our two cents on why y’all should be FLEXING THAT VOTER MUSCLE! Got the right to vote? GO EXERCISE THAT SHI!

AND OBVI, rage levels spiked this week as we stumbled across something called the “Aryan Nation Freedom Fest.” It’s exactly what it sounds like – PLOT TWIST: Wait till you hear how it is connected to anti-abortion maternity homes. In more exciting news – An Arizona abortion provider has found a way to legally provide abortion care to patients suffering miscarriages outside of the state’s 15-week abortion ban, and we are THRILLED to deliver this glimmer of joy and hope to your earholes.

GUEST ROLL CALL:

We got to kiki with actor, activist and philanthropist Torrey DeVitto! The womb warrior and One Tree Hill/Chicago Med/Vampire Diaries star chats with us on being LOUD AF about her activism and values, clapping back to the haters as a soon-to-be-parent for abortion access, her latest IG live series “Stream of Consciousness,” and telling her abortion story in People Magazine. PLUS! Renee Bracey Sherman, Co-Author of Liberating Abortion and Founder/Executive Director of We Testify is BACK with the Buzzkills to spill all the guts on her extraordinary, must-read book that deep dives into the history of abortion through re-centering the experiences of the Black and Brown folks who have had abortions and the leaders of the Reproductive Justice movement who continue to pave the path to bodily autonomy.

Times are heavy, but knowledge is power, y’all. We gotchu.

OPERATION SAVE ABORTION: You can still join the 10,000+ womb warriors fighting the patriarchy by listening to our five-part OpSave pod series and Mifepristone Panel by clicking HERE for episodes, your toolkit, marching orders, and more.

HOSTS:

Lizz Winstead @LizzWinstead

Moji Alawode-El @MojiLocks

SPECIAL GUESTS:

Renee Bracey Sherman IG/TikTok: @ReneeBraceySherman TW: @RBraceySherman

Torrey DeVitto IG: @TorreyDeVitto

GUEST LINKS:

Liberating Abortion Website

Renee Bracey Sherman Website

We Testify

The A-Files: Secret History of Abortion

From Back Alley to the Border

Undue Burden

Torrey DeVitto Facebook

Matrescence by Lucy Jones

NEWS DUMP:

Anti-abortion Groups Want Supreme Court to Get Rid of Protest-Free Zones at Clinics

Abortion Laws Are Straining the Ob-Gyn Workforce in Texas: Report

Medication Abortion “Reversal” Is Not Supported by Science

The Arizona Abortion Clinic Testing the Limits of the State’s Ban

Camelback Clinic

Meet George Raymond Haynie III and Shannon Ashley Haynie: “Aryan Fest” Hosts and Neo-Nazi Pregnancy Crisis Housing Organizers

About: Schatzkind Services

These Maternity Homes Offer Sanctuary, but It Can Feel Oppressive

EPISODE LINKS:

COMSTOCK V. SENATOR TINA SMITH DEBATE

CALL TO ACTION 11/19: The Spell of Red River

STREAM: No One Asked You on Jolt

Operation Save Abortion

SIGN: Repeal the Comstock Act

BUY: Reproductive Rights Wall Art!

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AAF’s Abortion-Themed Rage Playlist

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