Jessica Arons

Jessica Arons, she/her, repro policy expert and activist, currently at the ACLU. Intermittent tweeter. Views expressed here are my own.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters pass a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion, extending statewide wins for abortion rights.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state. https://t.co/mPMaOHJ0gE

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

Some organizations that finance abortion care are spending donations quicker than they’re receiving them — threatening one of the last support systems for abortion.
https://t.co/XfpqtvtK8W

[ineedana.com @i_need_an_a]

Abortion pills are safe, effective, and still accessible across the United States. Find out where to get them, what it may cost, and who can help at https://t.co/dvq5NfcI2p

[Michele Goodwin @michelebgoodwin]

This from my friend @DorothyERoberts on how RICO charges have been leveraged against Black women, including by Guiliani in NY. The 1980s & 90s were replete w/ cases of Black moms & girlfriends losing their freedom and children for far less than the Georgia RICO charges. 👇🏿

[Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts]

It may seem contradictory that a state known for coercively sterilizing Black women & girls (“Mississippi appendectomy”) to prevent them from giving birth would force a 13-year-old Black girl who was raped to birth the baby. Both are reproductive slavery. https://t.co/Qe44G6ZfD7

[reproaction @reproaction]

Need financial assistance for an abortion? Want to avoid anti-abortion fake clinics? More questions about abortion access? Check out our #abortion care resources page now:

https://t.co/hCEn8JMHwN

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

Did you know that 38 states have feticide laws that were originally designed to protect pregnant people from violence, but have often been co-opted by anti-abortion advocates to criminalize them? @PregnancyJust is fighting back!

https://t.co/lv4jAxqYtj

[Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks]

This is utterly disgraceful. And if you think this censorship contagion will be isolated to Florida, you have not been paying close enough attention. We must stand united against the actions of The New College's radical board and stand for academic freedom—there and everywhere.

[Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights @OURR2023]

🎉 BREAKING: Ohioans defeat Issue 1!

Buckeye voters today sent a powerful message by rejecting a brazen effort by extremists in the state legislature to undermine citizen-initiated amendments.

[We Testify @AbortionStories]

Rosie Jimenez would have turned 73 today. The conditions that Rosie faced in 1970's Texas are much like what we see today. Rosie deserved access to safe abortion care, as we all do. We hope her memory will serve as a reminder of what’s at stake for people seeking abortion care.

[Missouri Abortion Fund @MOAbortionFund]

We are sharing because we are always saddened to learn that abortion seekers don't know this. Missourians have the legal right to leave the state for an abortion. We can be a potential funding source. Let folks know. The confusion by our state is intentional.

[Dr. Frank Leon Roberts @DrFrankRoberts]

a young man was murdered this weekend in new york city for voguing to beyonce’s “renaissance” in public.

THEY KILLED HIM FOR VOGUING.

he was 28 years young.

i am completely undone with rage. you should be too.

o'shae sibley: we speak your name.

https://t.co/mhHddF41hM

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

There's been much gaslighting & moderate justifying of the new Florida social studies standards, people stating the "clarifications" were designed to show Black resilience, or were just "facts." So, I thought I'd compare the African-American history standards to the Holocaust's.

[Laurie Bertram Roberts @smartstatistic]

Here's how to support @FundMSabortions
We need diapers very badly.
We also have a community baby shower coming up and need items like cribs, car seats, ect for the 5 moms.
All these items are on our wishlist.

[Laurie Bertram Roberts @smartstatistic]

Yall @FundMSabortions will be closed for funding the month of August.
I'm sincerely hoping we are able to raise some money during this time because fam it's getting bad.
I won't close our org but I'm honestly looking at downsizing programs.
Twitters downfall has hurt us a lot.

[All-Options Indiana @AllOptionsIN]

Indiana's near-total abortion ban goes into effect tomorrow, 8/1. You can still contact the Hoosier Abortion Fund with questions and for financial support for an abortion outside of Indiana! Call/text 812-727-4423. We're here for you.

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

A poll of OBGYNs in the U.S. one year after the Dobbs decision found that 70% of these physicians believe the ruling has exacerbated racial and ethnic inequities in maternal health.

https://t.co/SPIYpoHzUS

[Hayley McMahon, MSPH, CPH @McMisoprostol]

People seem to believe that abortion funds are flush with cash after Dobbs, but that’s just NOT the case. The wave of donations & media attention is long gone.

Many abortion funds are forced to close mid-month each month because they run out of money. https://t.co/1b2DVEPOvD

[Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights @OURR2023]

Release: https://t.co/GRyyRqfaEy