Self Managed: An Abortion Story in Eight Parts is a podcast series that dives into the practice of self-managed abortion (SMA). We’ve interviewed people with wide-ranging perspectives on the medical, legal, technological, and personal questions that arise within SMA. Our vision is to build a chorus of voices that demystifies SMA in a free, user-friendly platform.
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Part 7: Providing Abortions during COVID-19
Adrienne Crawford, a nurse midwife, shares what it's like to provide medication abortions on the front lines of COVID-19. In this episode, Adrienne invites us into the ways midwives can support people who want medication abortions, and how the pandemic is impacting pregnancy decision-making and reinforcing disparities in reproductive health.
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Feminist Women’s Health Center
Margaret Charles Smith & Linda Janet Holmes: “Listen to Me Good”
Ina May Gaskin: “Spiritual Midwifery
Choices Clinic, in Memphis TN
National Abortion Federation
Adrienne Crawford: “Pregnant in the Time of COVID.”
Liam Stack: “ A Brief History of Deadly Attacks on Abortion Providers” — NYT coverage of the era Adrienne describes at the beginning of the episode, when abortion providers and clinics were under violent attacks from anti-choice activists.
Sasha-Ann Simons: “‘Save Black Women’: D.C. Gets To Work Addressing Pregnancy-Related Deaths”
American College of Nurse-Midwives: “Midwives as Abortion Providers.”
Reproductive Health Access Project: “No Touch Medication Abortion Protocol.”
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