Naral's The Morning After

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Jaime, and Gabe discuss Donald Trump’s recent super-racist pronouncement that Africa and Haiti are “shithole countries.” We also talk about the hearings for Senate Bill 28 and Senate Bill 145. Email your state legislators to stop the Abortion Method Ban. Join NARAL […]

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Jaime, and Gabe discuss the upcoming battles in the state legislature, including likely hearings on Senate Bill 28 and Senate Bill 145. Email your state legislators to stop the Abortion Method Ban. Connie Schultz has a must-read op-ed on Trump and his […]

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Kellie, and Gabe discuss 2017 and all the highs and lows it brought. Kelley also suggests Call the Midwife. Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio at an event near you: Help build a pro-choice Ohio. Every day, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio fights to protect access […]

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Jaime, and Gabe discuss the fate of the Down syndrome abortion ban. The bill is on John Kasich’s desk for consideration, and we believe we will sign the bill tomorrow. There’s still time to demand he veto it: Email John Kasich to demand he […]

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Jaime, and Gabe discuss the Ohio Senate 20-12 vote to pass the Down syndrome abortion ban. The bill will shortly arrive on John Kasich’s desk for consideration. Email John Kasich to demand he veto the Down syndrome abortion ban. Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio […]

NARAL’s The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. This week, Kelley, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss hearings and upcoming floor votes at the Ohio Statehouse, including new hearings on the six-week abortion ban and the Down syndrome abortion ban. Email your Ohio state legislators to stop the Down syndrome abortion ban. Tuesday 3:00PM – […]

This week, Jaime, Vashita, and Gabe discuss the latest at the Ohio Statehouse, including new hearings on the six-week abortion ban, the Down syndrome abortion ban, and the Abortion Method Ban. The Abortion Method Ban was ruled unconstitutional in Texas while we were on our Thanksgiving break. We also discuss the enormous volume of sexual […]

For Thanksgiving, Kellie and Ashley sat down with the participants in our 2017 class of Patients to Advocates, a fellowship program sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation, New Voices Cleveland, Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and Preterm. In its second year, the program involves a variety of efforts to talk to their community about the importance of abortion […]

Last November, Kellie and Gabe sat down with the participants in Patients to Advocates, a fellowship program sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation, New Voices Cleveland, Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and Preterm. Their work has involved a variety of efforts to talk to their community about the importance of abortion access. As a group, they were […]

This week, Kelley introduces some of the pro-choice floor speeches we heard as the Ohio House debated HB 214, the Down syndrome abortion ban bill. Our podcast audio includes: Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) Rep. Michelle Lepore-Hagan (D-Youngstown) Rep. Stephanie Howse (D-Cleveland) Rep. Brigid Kelly (D-Cincinnati) Rep. Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) Rep. Teresa […]

This week, Gabe, Kelley, and Jaime discuss this week’s committee vote on the Down syndrome abortion ban. After the hearing, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio went to the office of the Speaker of the House to deliver a petition “quilt” with 2,000 signatures to stop these attacks on reproductive rights. Kelley also coordinated a […]

This week, Gabe, Kelley, and Annie discuss Mike DeWine’s anti-choice extremism. Thursday, DeWine appeared with Rick Santorum at a campaign stop meant to highlight his disdain for reproductive rights. We also talk about the #MeToo grassroots movement to raise a widespread understanding of the scale of America’s problem of sexual harassment and assault. NARAL’s The Morning After […]

This week, Gabe, Kelley, and Annie discuss the anti-abortion extremist group Created Equal, who we counter-protested at Capital University this week. We shot the above Facebook Live video outside the protest. We also talked about the recent Down syndrome abortion ban hearing. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Deputy Director Jaime Miracle testified against the bill, along with parents, physicians, […]

This week, Stephanie, Elaina, and Gabe discuss Trump’s failure to adequately address multiple tragedies in the last month. In place of meaningful action, Congress got to work on a 20-week abortion ban. The Ohio Senate is considering a re-appointment of Mike Gonidakis to the State Medical Board and there couldn’t be a worse idea. Send an email […]

This week, Jaime, Elaina, and Gabe discuss Preterm v. Kasich, the latest case by an abortion clinic to challenge restrictions passed by John Kasich. This week, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments as the clinic makes their case that transfer agreements and mandatory ultrasounds were passed illegally as budget amendments. Join us… Saturday, September 30 — […]

This week, Jaime, and Gabe discuss New Voices for Reproductive Justice with Jasmine Burnett. New Voices is a grassroots Human Rights organization for women of color, led by women of color and about women of color. They utilize the Reproductive Justice framework as an innovative strategy to specifically engage Black women and girls in community organizing for […]

This week, Kellie, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss Capital Care Network in Toledo. An August 30 Toledo City Council meeting to support a clinic protection ordinance heard testimony from clinic escorts, staff, and patients who have sen harassment by protesters first hand. Part 2 of the Toledo City Council hearing This week, Toledo’s Capital Care was again the focus […]

This week, Jaime, Elaina, and Gabe discuss the violence in Charlottesville, VA. One woman, Heather Heyer, was killed while protesting white supremacist groups, and the nation was sent into an intense debate over racism, Confederate statues, Tina Fey, and Donald Trump’s failure to condemn hate groups. In Ohio, we were keeping an eye on the state legislature. […]

This week, Kellie, Elaina, and Gabe discuss our new partnership with the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Kellie Copeland, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio: Too often, religion is used to shame and stigmatize people who have had an abortion or use contraceptives. That is why the work of the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice […]

This week, Kelley, Annie, and Gabe discuss the latest in Toledo. As Capital Care Network fights to stay open, the community in Northwest Ohio is doing everything they can to support them. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio is asking ProMedica to sign a transfer agreement. Toledo City Council is also proposing a clinic protection ordinance to stop protesters from […]