4: Women Supporting Women - The Fight for Reproductive Healthcare

Show Notes

Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each month, Michelle discusses difficult topics with a focus on practicing mindfulness and self-care as well as on claiming a personal space of acceptance, healing, and compassion. This month, Michelle addresses the Supreme Court’s Decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the impact that limiting life-saving healthcare will have on women of all demographics.

Below are links to articles about the topics discussed in the episode. This is not an exhaustive list and our listeners are encouraged to research the topics discussed on their own as well:

Public Opinion Polls About Legalized Abortion and Reaction After Supreme Court Decision:

• Six-in-ten Americans Say Abortion Should be Legal
• What the Data Says About Abortion in the US
• More Women are Registering to Vote. How Could that Affect the Midterms?
• What we Don't Know About the Effect of Abortion on the Midterm Elections

The Maternal Mortality Crisis in the US:

• CDC Maternal Mortality Rates
• Wilson Center Maternal Mortality Rates
• The Century Foundation Maternal Mortality Rates
• World Health Organization Maternal Mortality Rates
• The History of Childbirth in the US
• Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health
• "When the Water Breaks" from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Trump Judicial Appointments and Abortion Ban Ballot Measures in the Midterm Elections:

• "Servants of the Damned" Author David Enrich NPR interview
• Abortion Ballot Measure: What Proposal 3 Would Do in Michigan
• Republicans Fight Abortion Backlash with Ads - and Stealth Website Edits
• Kansas Recount Confirms Results in Favor of Abortion Rights
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund

NY Times Stacy Abrams interview: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/us/politics/stacey-abrams-abortion-georgia.html

“Cinderella Step Sisters” by Toni Morrison full text: https://zora.medium.com/toni-morrison-in-her-own-words-562b14e0effa 

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Host: Michelle Myers

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Feeling world weary? Disheartened by politics? Enraged by racism? In MIND YOUR MARGINS, Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses topics with a focus on marginalized identities. She also encourages healthy ways to manage anxiety and anger as well as emphasizes the importance of practicing daily affirmations of personal acceptance, healing, and compassion. As an Asian American woman, Michelle highlights the experiences of people of color, particularly people who identify as AAPI, immigrants/children of immigrants, and/or multiracial/multicultural.