Ashley Kuykendall

justice seeker | sex educator | intersectional feminist | curious human | MSW/MPH | she/her/hers

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

Sometimes, the boldest move of all is to just stand still.

[Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. @MOFHC]

#GivingTuesday is here! Help us reach our $5,000 goal by donating now at https://t.co/SMmU5lWRE1. Your gift goes directly to helping expand free and low-cost birth control & related services to health centers around the state. Talk about gifts that keep on giving! #GiveMFHC

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

@Petit_Smudge I scheduled & showed up to the Walgreens on S. Broadway for 2 appointments about a week apart where they told me both times they hadn't received doses yet. On the 2nd go, I called 1st & got routed to their call center saying they had the vaccine, but when I arrived, they didn't.

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

This year, World Contraception Day feels especially sweet as our team at @MOFHC celebrates sending thousands of doses of free EC to Missourians who want it. 🙌

To snag your own or donate: https://t.co/B0BYo42ZVN

Huge thanks to all who helped us package & distribute kits! #WCD23

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

Couldn’t be more excited about launching this project today — will you help us spread the word? 📣

[Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. @MOFHC]

🎉 It’s here! Today we’ve launched our Free EC project, which offers free emergency contraception (EC) to anyone of any age throughout MO. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/EyYCcJUkmi

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

@emilyjanehubb Would highly recommend Caleb at Promised Land on Morganford!

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

Thanks, @ProChoice_MO, for your work on this and for organizing and supporting young people to tell us about the state of sex education in our state.

Spoiler alert for everyone who hasn’t gotten to read the report yet: it’s bleak.

See for yourself: https://t.co/lYr3Rjy3lP

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

It’s been a minute since I sat in a church basement talking about abortion, but tonight I heard from a teen who doesn’t get to have sex ed this year because his health teacher was killed in a school shooting a month ago. This is Missouri, and we are all responsible for fixing it.

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

@Sarah_MCHES @MOFHC Hey, Sarah! 😊

[Equal rights, lefts, and uppercuts @InezBordeaux]

We have a moral obligation to be non compliant with unjust laws.

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

“Fuck abortion bans. We’ll keep having them anyway, and we’ll love and support each other the whole way.” -@maggieolivia1, @ProChoice_MO

[Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. @MOFHC]

"This is an emergency and it demands emergency action." – @RepCori, speaking about abortion bans at @PPSLR

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

"Preventing an abortion isn't a medical indication. It's a political platform." Dr. Teresa DePineres

#WHU2022

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

Final reminders:
-Emergency contraception isn't needed if just a few pills were missed.
-Hormonal birth control can impact the effectiveness of emergency contraception.
-Emergency contraception does not impact the effectiveness of hormonal birth control.

Thanks, @edelmana1_ae!

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

Hearing @edelmana1_ae share some updates about Emergency Contraception. She began with a reminder about fertility facts and timelines, including that the chance of pregnancy after an act of intercourse during the most fertile window is about 30%. #WHO2022

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

Reminder: oral emergency contraception becomes less effective at a weight of about 154 pounds and probably ineffective at a weight of 194 pounds (which is most people in American who can become pregnant). We need better options for widely useable emergency contraception.

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

"I'm tired of folks trying to tell us what's not possible based on history without talking about what *is* possible in the present." -@mclemoremr #WHU2022

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

The #WHU2022 is kicking off with @mclemoremr sharing strategies about Retrofitting, Reforming, and Reimaining our way to reproductive justice in a (potentially) post-Roe era.

She offers a key reminder that conversations about abortion are not ever either/or conversations.

[Ashley Kuykendall @akuykendall]

"We need to be unapologetic about the need for redistributive justice and allocating resources based on need [in health care]... We need direct action...and we need to connect the dots between racial and environmental justice." -@mclemoremr @WHU2022