Naral's The Morning After

This week, Kelley, Elaina, and Gabe discussed the US Senate vote to defeat Skinny Repeal that would destroy Americans’ access to affordable health care and block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding. Also, they talk about this week’s federal court hearing to challenge John Kasich’s latest plan to defund Planned Parenthood at the state level. Elaina spoke up […]

This week, Vashitta, Jaime, and Gabe discussed our #ExposeFakeClinics protests in Columbus and Cincinnati! Here’s video from Columbus: And video from Cincinnati: Earlier in the week, our Annie Krol protested against Trump in Youngstown. She joined other labor and progressive groups in opposing the Republican plan to destroy access to health care. Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio at an event near […]

This week, Vashitta, Kelley and Gabe discussed recent events here in Ohio and across the country. We’re participating in a great #ExposeFakeClinics campaign helmed by Lady Parts Justice. With last week’s clinic closure in Akron, Ohio is down to 8 surgery centers providing abortion services to women. In Congress, the US Senate deliberates over how and whether […]

This week, Gabe sat down with Julie, Molly, and Abby from Lady Parts Justice League! This episode is a joint production with their podcast, Repro Madness. LPJ came to Cleveland as a part of their Vagical Mystery Tour. The tour is a series of comedy shows and service projects bringing positive attention and assistance for […]

This week, Gabe, Elaina, and Kelley discuss the last actions on the state budget. The legislature added more money to the wasteful Pregnancy and Parenting Program that funds crisis pregnancy centers. The final budget bill gives CPCs $1,000,000. This funding is taken away from TANF funds, which are relied upon by many low-income Ohioans. This is bad. Thankfully, […]

This week, Jaime, Vashitta, and Gabe review the last week of June. Between committee hearings on abortion restrictions and late-night budget talks, it’s amazing we’re still awake. The Ohio Senate passed the Abortion Method Ban, Senate Bill 145. We received support on the Senate floor from from Senators Charleta Tavares, Sondra Williams, and Joe Schiavoni. In Committee, Senators Cecile […]

This week, Jaime, Vashitta, and Gabe recorded our first episode for the radio! We’re proud to announce that NARAL’s The Morning After will air in Columbus on WGRN – 94.1FM on Friday mornings at 9 a.m. This morning, we got our first look at the Senate plan to repeal Obamacare. The bill is a shocking plan to repeal […]

This week, Vashitta and Gabe are joined by Elaina, the new Executive Director of the Ohio Coalition for Reproductive Choice! She joins the organization as Ohio RCRC and NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio begin a new cooperative working relationship. Elaina go off to a busy start, joining women from across Ohio in a power visual protest at the Ohio […]

This week, Jaime, Vashitta, and Gabe discussed the Comey Hearing in the US Senate. As the nation watched the former FBI director testify, other members of Congress quietly readied their plans to continue the assault on women’s health care funding. In the Ohio Statehouse, the Six-Week Abortion Ban was introduced and the Abortion Method Ban was scheduled […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime and Gabe were thrilled to be joined by Rep. Stephanie Howse! Hailing from the east side of Cleveland, Rep. Howse is working to boost what she says is the poorest district in the state of Ohio. Rep. Howse and Rep. Michelle Lepore-Hagan introduced House Bill 234, which creates provisions to […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss the new CBO estimate on the AHCA. Approximately 23 million Americans would lose health insurance under Paul Ryan’s plan. In Ohio, we’re continuing to put pressure on Ohio Supreme Court Justice Sharen Kennedy to recuse herself in the Capital Care case. This week, the Columbus […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Vashitta and Gabe discuss the effort by ProgressOhio to call on state Supreme Court Justice Sharen Kennedy to recuse herself in the Capital Care Network case out of Toledo. ProgressOhio was joined by 51 different individuals and organizations signing on to the formal complaint, including NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. Justice Kennedy participated in […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss whether Donald Trump will survive his own mess of political scandals, and which Republicans might challenge him in the 2020 GOP Primary. Jaime testified before the Ohio House Committee on Health against House Bill 149. The bill makes research on fetal tissue double-illegal and tries […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime and Gabe are joined by our newest staff member, Vashitta Johnson! Vashitta is our Field and Political Director, a new position that NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio is adding to increase our capacity for political and electoral work across the state. We start with the news that our Field Organizer Randi […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime and Gabe discuss the latest effort to defund Planned Parenthood, this time involving a vote in the US Senate. The 50-50 tie vote was broken by Vice President Mike Pence, who does in fact hate women. This past Saturday, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio organized a rally in Cleveland to oppose […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime, Randi, and Gabe discuss the complete failure that was the GOP attempt to destroy the Affordable Care Act. Gabe questions why Republicans in Congress should continue to support Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House. In the US Senate, Chuck Schumer emerged as a key voice in opposition to […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Gabe and Kellie discuss the hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch, which concluded this week. Judge Gorsuch made comments respecting Roe during his questioning, but it’s his actual record that worries us. He voted to strip women of access to contraception coverage in the Hobby Lobby case, and women everywhere are […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Gabe, Jaime and Randi discuss Ohio Supreme Court Justice Sharon Kennedy, who participated in a fundraiser for Right to Life of Greater Toledo this morning. This creates a conflict of interest with upcoming cases. Two cases involving abortion providers will come before the state Supreme Court this year. Toledo’s last […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Jaime and Randi are back! They joined Gabe to discuss all the ways Sen. Sherrod Brown is working to save the world. Specifically, he’s a key voice in opposition to the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court. Immediately following Gorsuch’s nomination, Sen. Brown issued […]

Find us on iTunes: http://bit.ly/naralpodcast This week, Gabe was joined by Brooke Cartus! In the past two years, Brooke has headlined two comedy shows benefitting NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, most recently Stand Up for Choice! at Ace of Cups. Her premiere album, Size L for Lady, is available on iTunes. Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio and our coalition […]