![]() ![]() ![]() So how often are people actually taking them up on those offers? But the posts were still coming from all over the country, and were still mainly people offering assistance, not asking for it.īen: Okay. Grace: So, I thought that there would be more requests for help from places like Texas, where abortion is now banned. Grace: When the Auntie Network came back online in September, one of the moderators emailed me to let me know, and I was curious if there was any difference in the types of posts they were seeing than before the Supreme Court decision. Grace: We’re coming to you from WBUR… Boston’s NPR station. (protest sound) Whose bodies, our bodies…]īen: And you’re listening to Endless Thread. Yesterday, West Virginia's legislature passed a sweeping abortion ban with few exceptions. Utah, one of 26 states either moving to ban abortion outright or severely restricting abortion rights. Tonight, Mississippi, one of several states with these trigger laws looking to ban abortions immediately. Three more states have now officially banned abortion services as trigger laws take effect. They're pretty much where people are going for everything.īen: Back in July, we could only speculate about the role that subreddits and other online communities would play in abortion access after it became illegal or severely restricted in so much of the country. The internet is where people are figuring out their options, where they're getting medical advice because if you live in a state where it's banned, you can't go to a doctor. Grace: Yeah, and online communities are playing a more important role than ever in how people access abortion. Now, the gaps the helpers are trying to fill are a whole lot wider. Since that episode aired, 13 states and counting have banned abortion.īen: And last time, we talked about how, when things seem dire it can be heartening to look at the helpers. Which is part of the reason why we wanted to talk about this again, right? They shut r/auntie network down.īen: And now r/auntienetwork is back… and the abortion landscape already looks a whole lot different than it did a while back now. In the harried climate after the Supreme Court Decision, the moderators of the Auntie Network decided they needed to stop and think about exactly HOW they wanted to help. Grace: Yep, right before we clicked publish. We looked at how the group’s membership had exploded after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe, triggering abortion bans across the country.īen: And then, as we were about to publish the episode, we got ourselves a little update, I remember. People – aunties – offer to help people who need abortions. And last summer, I worked with you and Amory on an episode about a subreddit called the Auntie Network.īen: That feels like a million years ago, even though I remember it well. Grace: As you well know, I’m a producer on Endless Thread. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content. If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. Show producers: Amory Sivertson, Nora Saks, Dean Russell, Quincy Walters, Grace Tatter, Amy Gorel, Paul Vaitkus and Emily Jankowski ![]() " Online Abortion Resource Squad" (OARS)Ĭo-hosts: Ben Brock Johnson and Grace Tatter." Americans don’t know if abortion is legal in their state, new poll shows" ( The 19th)." What to Know About the Texas Abortion Pill Ruling, Its Impact on Access" ( The Washington Post)." Tracking the States Where Abortion is Now Banned" ( The New York Times)." What it takes to give abortion seekers (actually good) advice online" ( Intelligencer)." ‘Hope resides in connection’: Abortion access advocates on navigating a post-Roe world" ( Endless Thread).This week, we catch up with some "Aunties" who are back online after pausing the Reddit community's work in the wake of the Supreme Court decision last year, and look at another online community committed to providing people seeking abortion with the information they need - even when that information is constantly changing. The gaps in access are wider than ever, and more and more people are relying on Reddit for help. Now, 13 and states and counting have banned abortion. Wade would affect abortion care across the country. When we first talked to the moderators of r/auntienetwork - a Reddit community devoted to abortion access - people could only speculate how the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. People march through downtown Amarillo to protest a lawsuit in federal court to ban the abortion drug mifepristone Saturday, Feb. ![]()
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