Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
198 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 92 ratingsCOMING THIS MARCH, 2023! From the creator of Inflection Point: a five-part Women’s History Month mini-series, featuring inspiration and advice for a feminist future from trailblazers making change right now! Grab a copy of our new book based on Inflection Point interviews called It’s a Good Day to Change the World at itsagooddaybook.com.
Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller is one of the only nationally syndicated radio shows and one of the first podcasts ever dedicated exclusively to featuring conversations with women about how we build power, what we do with it when we have it, and what still stands in our way.
In every episode you’ll hear incredible stories from activists, entrepreneurs, and authority-busters about how they build power and lead change for an equal, just, and joy-filled world. You’ll come away from every conversation with context, hope and inspiration. Plus, you’ll get expert advice and the tools you need to take action on the issues that matter to you–at home, at work and in the world. Produced in partnership with KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco and PRX. inflectionpointradio.org
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A Good Day to SHARE: Emily Ladau on how to break down barriers
March 28, 2023 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBToday, we hear from Emily Ladau, a disability rights activist, about how to break down barriers. Emily Ladau has Larsen syndrome, a rare genetic joint and muscle disorder. She is on a mission to make progress for disability rights by sharing her own story and helping others do the same on their own terms. She's won a number of awards for her activism, and her first book is Demystifying Disability:What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally. This is episode 5 from a special seg...
A Good Day to TRANSFORM: Senator Sarah McBride on how to advance equality
March 21, 2023 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBThis episode we hear from Senator Sarah McBride about how to advance equality. Senator McBride became the highest-ranking openly trans official in the country in 2020 when she was elected to the Delaware state senate. But this wasn’t the first time she made history. In 2009, McBride was a junior at American University when she used her social media platform to come out as a trans woman. She says coming out was the most difficult thing she'd ever done and realized she wanted to pla...
A Good Day to CREATE: Gloria Steinem on how to start a revolution
March 14, 2023 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBToday, we hear from Gloria Steinem about how to start a revolution. Through her speeches, books, documentary films, and the feminist organizations she’s founded, Gloria advocates for reproductive choice and ending violence against women and children. She cofounded the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Women’s Media Center,among others. She was one of the founders of New York magazine and in 1972 she launched Ms., the first feminist magazine with national distribution. This is episo...
A Good Day to PREPARE: Caroline Paul on training to be brave
March 07, 2023 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBToday, we hear from Caroline Paul about the importance of being brave. Caroline should know…She's climbed the Golden Gate Bridge, gotten into Guinness World Records for crawling and trained for the Olympic luge team. In 1989, Caroline was one of the first female firefighters in San Francisco—1 of 15 women out of a crew of 1,500. For thirteen years, every day on the job was an adventure. She published a memoir about her experience, and later wrote The Gutsy Girl and You Are Mighty, a...
A Good Day to IMAGINE: Isha Clarke on how to believe in your power
February 28, 2023 16:00 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBIsha Clarke is a founding member of Youth vs. Apocalypse, an activist organization that organized the first-ever youth climate strike in San Francisco. Isha has been fighting for climate justice since junior high school. That's when they spoke out against a coal terminal slated to be built in their hometown of Oakland, CA. A few years later they confronted senator Dianne Feinstein about the Green New Deal in a video that went viral. Isha believes we all have the power to reverse t...
It's a Good Day to Change the World - Introducing a new book and miniseries
February 23, 2023 01:00 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MBGreat news! We have a new book coming out based on Inflection Point interviews, called It’s a Good Day to Change the World! To give you a peek inside every Tuesday, throughout Women’s History Month, we’re bringing you a special short segment we produced with KALW San Francisco about how we can build a more feminist future–and take care of ourselves and each other along the way. You’ll hear inspiring firsthand stories and get practical tools from trailblazers for how to create an equ...
Dear Listeners, Supporters, and Friends
August 26, 2020 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.15 MBOn Inflection Point, we’ve documented the changes for women between two major milestones here in the US: From right before we thought we’d see our first woman President with Hillary Clinton, to today, when we might see our first VP woman of color, with Kamala Harris. Inflection Point is one of the only nationally syndicated radio shows and one of the first podcasts ever dedicated exclusively to featuring conversations with women about how we build power, what we do with it when we ...
When Gender Is a Matter of Life or Death - Thread the Needle Summer Swap
August 05, 2020 13:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWhat makes a boy a “boy” and a girl a “girl”? And why from the womb are we so obsessed with gender and why just by virtue of being male or female society expects us to behave or dress certain ways, or use certain bathrooms? Or fit into other so-called norms. That’s a lot of pressure on a kid, especially if your biological identity--the sex you were assigned at birth--differs from your gender identity or gender expression. Today, as part of the Inflection Point summer swap series yo...
"So You Want To Talk About Race" author, Ijeoma Oluo
July 22, 2020 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBAn awkward conversation with her white mother about “good white people” inspired Ijeoma Oluo to take on the unenviable task of writing one of the most user-friendly books on race of our time: “So You Want To Talk About Race.” In plain language, Ijeoma has confronted deeply uncomfortable questions surrounding racial injustice from the school-to-prison pipeline to the Black Lives Matter movement to white feminism and intersectionality. In our conversation recorded in 2018, Ijeoma wak...
Feminist Detective: The Case of Body Positivity - with Ruth Whippman
July 08, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 8.41 MBIs the body positivity movement a good thing or a bad thing in the quest for equality? Ruth Whippman joins Lauren to uncover the debate. Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation. And when you’re done, come on over to The Inflection Point Society, our Facebook group of everyday activists who seek to make extraordinary change through small, daily actions.
Women World Leaders Get it Done - "The Broad Experience" Summer Swap
June 24, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWomen who run countries have been getting a lot of claps on the back for their leadership during this Pandemic--not only their inclusive, unifying approach but the results--lower infection rates, higher protections for health workers, better tech, greater commitment to the greater good. I have especially loved reading about the leader of New Zealand, Jacinta Ardern and her calm, decisive, empathetic “team New Zealand” approach. An approach literally a world away from what we’re seei...
Cecile Richards and Reshma Saujani - "Brave Not Perfect" Summer Swap Episode
June 10, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWelcome to the Inflection Point Summer Swap Series, where we share other great female-led podcasts. This week features an episode of Brave Not Perfect with author, Ted speaker, Girls Who Code founder, and podcast host (and a previous guest of mine) Reshma Saujani. Reshma sits down with one of her personal heroes, Cecile Richards, for a compelling conversation about women's political power in this episode of Brave, Not Perfect. Cecile opens up about the bravery of stepping down a...
A Conversation To Do the Dishes By - Eve Rodsky, author of "Fair Play" returns!
May 20, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBCould the Covid-19 pandemic be the inflection point that marks the end of the gendered division of labor at home? Now that we are all tethered to our homes, you may be doing more laundry, dishes, cooking, cleaning (did I say dishes?), nose wiping, bottom wiping and emotionally tending to your kids and teens. So it seems super timely for us to talk to the woman who has emerged as a leader in the movement to end the gendered division of labor at home and how to divvy up that labor...
How To Get Through The Worst, Together--Dr Kelsey Crowe
April 29, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBI think we can all agree, it’s been a rough spring with COVID-19 taking over our lives. You may know someone who’s sick, or who’s lost a loved one or their livelihood, or any number of awful things. But as this all goes down, we don’t always know what to say, or do, for someone who’s hurting, let alone asking for the help we might need ourselves. My guest Kelsey Crowe wrote a book, “There is No Good Card For This. What to Say and Do When Life is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to the Peopl...
"Surround yourself with people who believe in you" - Solo Swimmer Kim Chambers
April 15, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBMarathon Swimming Hall of Famer Kim Chambers is only the sixth person ever to complete the Ocean’s Seven challenge... solo. That's seven open water channel swims. Think summiting Mount Everest in a bathing suit x 7... hours upon hours upon hours of swimming in critter-filled, often quite cold water. Kim is also the first and only woman in the world to solo swim the 30 miles of shark inhabited waters from the Farallon islands to the golden gate of San Francisco. We spoke at the kic...
TOOLKIT: How you can change systems that create climate change - Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Green New Deal
April 03, 2020 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.97 MBIn this Toolkit, learn how you can change systems that create climate change.
TOOLKIT w/ Rhiana Gunn-Wright: How you can change systems that create climate change
April 03, 2020 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.97 MBIn this Toolkit, learn how you can change systems that create climate change.
How To Plug Into The Green New Deal - Rhiana Gunn-Wright
April 01, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBMeet the woman who helped develop The Green New Deal--and how you can make a difference in the climate crisis. Rhiana Gunn-Wright is the former policy director for New Consensus and Abdul El-Sayed’s 2018 Michigan gubernatorial campaign. She warns that without a shift in our policies and systems, we could become a nation of "fortresses" and "sacrifice zones". We’ll hear where she came from and how can the way she thinks about solving problems, can solve the biggest crisis of our time...
TOOLKIT: How to fight for climate safety and clean energy - Heather McTeer Toney
March 20, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBLearn what you can do right now to make a difference on climate and energy. Heather was the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Greenville, MS and is now field director for Moms Clean Air Force. Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production assistance. Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation. And when you’re done, come on over to The Inflection Point Soci...
TOOLKIT w/ Heather McTeer Toney: How to fight for climate safety and clean energy
March 20, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBLearn what you can do right now to make a difference on climate and energy. Heather was the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Greenville, MS and is now field director for Moms Clean Air Force. Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production assistance. Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation. And when you’re done, come on over to The Inflection Point Soci...
Meet the Climate Activist Leading the Charge for Children's Health - Heather McTeer Toney
March 18, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBMeet Heather McTeer Toney, the National Field Director at Moms Clean Air Force, which fights for climate safety to protect our children's health. She shares how her two terms as the first African-American, first female and youngest mayor of Greenville, MS helps her be an even more effective activist, and what one thing motivates people to make big changes. Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for producti...
TOOLKIT w/ Isha Clarke: How to reverse the climate crisis
March 06, 2020 14:00 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBIsha Clark is a high school senior and a youth organizer with Youth vs. Apocalypse, a Bay Area youth climate justice organization. In this toolkit we learn three actions we can take right now to reverse the climate crisis and... how to put pressure on a power holder. Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production assistance. Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation. And when you’r...
TOOLKIT: How to reverse the climate crisis - Isha Clarke, Youth vs Apocolypse
March 06, 2020 14:00 - 6 minutes - 6.09 MBIsha Clark is a high school senior and a youth organizer with Youth vs. Apocalypse, a Bay Area youth climate justice organization. In this toolkit we learn three actions we can take right now to reverse the climate crisis and... how to put pressure on a power holder. Special thanks to our friends at Bioneers, producers of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature podcast, for production assistance. Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation. And when you’r...
How Isha Clarke is Organizing Youth for Climate Justice
March 04, 2020 14:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBIsha Clarke is an activist with Youth vs Apocalypse. You may know her from a viral video where she asked California Senator Dianne Feinstein to move the Green New Deal forward; she helped organize the youth Climate Strike in San Francisco that attracted 30,000 students, during the international "week of action" when Greta Thurnberg sailed to America. She is a high school student working every day to reverse the climate crisis because as she says..." we have this power and responsibi...
How Actor Amber Tamblyn Created Her Own Role: Feminist Activist
February 19, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIn this episode we’ll hear how Amber Tamblyn went from being an actress to being an activist--defining her own role in the feminist movement--and how we can all play a role in leading change. Amber's book is called "Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution." It's part memoir, part manifesto, part call to action. We sat down together in San Francisco while she was in town as part of the release of her book in paperback. Back in 2017, Amber wrote an OpEd for ...
How Seane Corn Brings the Principles of Yoga into Activism
February 05, 2020 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBSeane Corn helps people who are committed to social change understand that to dismantle the systems that create oppression, you've got to dismantle the systems that exist within yourself. This world-renowned yoga instructor, activist and author of "Revolution of the Soul" shares how to dismantle those systems and learn where we can each be most of service for a better world. Support our production with a monthly or one-time donation. And when you’re done, come on over to The Infle...
How A'shanti Gholar is Getting More Women of Color in Office
January 22, 2020 14:00 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MBA’shanti Gholar is the founder of the Brown Girl's Guide to Politics and the national political director for Emerge America--a national organization devoted to getting more Democratic women into office. You'll hear how A’shanti went from watching CSPAN as a kid, with her mom, to working for President Barack Obama, the DNC and the NAACP before joining Emerge America. And she'll share what it's going to take to get more women of color elected to office. Support our production with a ...
Feminist Detective: The Case of the Unfunny Women
January 15, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBA new scientific study shows that men are funnier than women. In this Feminist Detective segment, special guest, author and journalist, Ruth Whippman and Lauren get to the bottom of this finding and seize the means of humor production!
Gail Collins and the Adventures of Older Women in American History
January 08, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBJane Fonda. Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Nancy Pelosi. Elizabeth Warren. Maxine Waters. Are "older" women taking over? By 2034 there will be more people 65 and older than there are people under 18. And by and large, women are outliving men. So what might all these older women mean in terms of a possible power shift, historically speaking? Listen to my conversation with Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and the author of the new book, “No Stopping Us Now. The Adventures of Older Women...
How To Make America a Democracy Again - Dan Pfeiffer
December 18, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBDan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and author of the book, "Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter and Trump", shares how he got into politics and what it's going to take to get America out of the political plight we find ourselves in today. This conversation was recorded on stage, presented by Cal Performances at UC Berkeley. Support our production with a tax deductible one time or monthly contribution. Tha...
How Eve Rodsky Is Ending Gendered Division of Labor at Home
December 04, 2019 14:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWhen Eve Rodsky found herself sobbing on the side of the road over a text from her husband about blueberries, she knew something had to change. Hence began her seven year quest to create a more equitable division of labor at home. Her book is called "Fair Play. A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)" and her solutions are based on extensive research with experts, from sociologists to neuroscientists to behavioral economists and conversation...
Feminist Detective - The Case of the Missing Apology
November 27, 2019 14:00 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MBJournalist and author Ruth Whippman joins me to seek out sexism in all its tiny guises so we can make big changes. This week we dig into why women are dinged for apologizing too much. This segment premiere is presented ad-free. Support Inflection Point with a tax deductible contribution.
How Tiffany Shlain Turns Off Tech to Turn On Creativity and Activism
November 20, 2019 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBTiffany Shlain is the author of "24/6. The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week". She is also the founder of the Webbys, Character Day and the creator of a number of films. In today's episode Tiffany brings it all together. You'll hear how taking time off from technology and taking time to reflect helps fuel your creativity and activism. Support our production with a tax-deductible contribution at inflectionpointradio.org/contribute
Feminist Detective - The Case of The Fleabag Crowdfunder
November 08, 2019 14:00 - 8 minutes - 7.57 MBIntroducing a NEW Inflection Point segment called “Feminist Detective” in which journalist and author Ruth Whippman joins me to seek out sexism in all its tiny guises so we can make big changes. This week we dig up the original crowdfunding page of the mega-hit show Fleabag from back in 2013, and discuss how the tone of it shows us the crazy lengths women have had to go to reassure and placate men that equality is not threatening. This segment premiere is presented ad-free. Support...
Candace Bushnell Answers: "Is There Still Sex In The City?" Live On Stage
November 06, 2019 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBCandace Bushnell gave us a reason to sit on our couch every week to soak in the stories of the women--and men--of the 90s television culture-changer "Sex and the City". Candace has written a number of books since then and her newest book is called "Is There Still Sex in the City?" This October I teamed up with Women Lit of the Bay Area Book Festival to have an on-stage conversation with Candace Bushnell, hosted by INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. Bushnell kicked...
Introducing: Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson
November 04, 2019 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.13 MBWe're excited to tell you about the “Sibling Revelry” podcast with Kate and Oliver Hudson, which explores the sibling bond, family dynamics, the human mind, body, and so much more. On the show, Kate and Oliver dive deep into the things that interest them and talk to other siblings in a free-formed, wide open, relaxed conversation to not only have some laughs, but to maybe inspire some people along the way with universal tales of what it’s like to grow up with brothers and sisters. ...
TOOLKIT: How to respond to misogyny - Jessica Reaves, Anti-Defamation League
October 25, 2019 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.39 MBJessica Reaves, the Editorial Director at the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League shares tools for parents, educators and law enforcement and HR professionals on how to identify and respond to misogyny. Support our production and help us meet our crowdfunding goal with a tax deductible donation at bit.ly/inflectionpoint
TOOLKIT w/ Jessica Reaves: How to end to misogyny
October 25, 2019 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.39 MBJessica Reaves, the Editorial Director at the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League shares tools for parents, educators and law enforcement and HR professionals on how to identify and respond to misogyny. Support our production and help us meet our crowdfunding goal with a tax deductible donation at bit.ly/inflectionpoint
Jessica Reaves of Anti-Defamation League Calls Out Misogyny as Extremism
October 23, 2019 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBWe're hearing more from and about American extremist groups lately, like white supremacists and Incels. One thing their members have in common is misogyny. Today's guest is Jessica Reaves, the Editorial Director at the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League. She and her team monitor extremists across the ideological spectrum. In today's episode you'll hear what she's learned about these groups, why she thinks misogyny should be treated as another form of extremism, and ho...
Jessica Reaves is Calling Misogyny What It Is–Another Form of Extremism
October 23, 2019 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBWe're hearing more from and about American extremist groups lately, like white supremacists and Incels. One thing their members have in common is misogyny. Today's guest is Jessica Reaves, the Editorial Director at the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League. She and her team monitor extremists across the ideological spectrum. In today's episode you'll hear what she's learned about these groups, why she thinks misogyny should be treated as another form of extremism, and ho...
TOOLKIT w/ Stephanie Lepp: How to make positive societal change
October 11, 2019 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.98 MBIn this toolkit we learn how personal change can lead to positive societal change. Featured guest: Stephanie Lepp, the creator and host of Reckonings. If you find this toolkit helpful, be sure to listen to our full conversation, in the Inflection Point podcast feed right now.
TOOLKIT: How to make positive societal change - Stephanie Lepp, Reckonings
October 11, 2019 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.98 MBIn this toolkit we learn how personal change can lead to positive societal change. Featured guest: Stephanie Lepp, the creator and host of Reckonings. If you find this toolkit helpful, be sure to listen to our full conversation, in the Inflection Point podcast feed right now.
How Stephanie Lepp Makes Room for a Reckoning
October 09, 2019 13:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBStephanie Lepp is the creator and host of a podcast about how people change their hearts and minds-- it’s about people who decided on their own to completely change their world views. It’s about people who took a look in the mirror, and realized they did not like what they saw. How do you do that? Her show is called Reckonings...and it sure feels like our society could use a reckoning right about now. But do things need to change on an individual level first? I invited Stephanie t...
How Kate Black is Getting More Women in Office
September 25, 2019 13:01 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBFormer Chief of Staff for EMILY's List, Kate Black, just published her first book, written with the actress June Diane Raphael. It’s called “Represent The Woman's Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World.” She shares the attributes of successful candidates, the stories of women who rose to office against all odds, and how to respond when you hear someone say this country isn’t ready for a woman president. Plus, how to determine if you have the time to get out there and run...
TOOLKIT: How you can get more women in office - with Kate Black
September 25, 2019 13:00 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBHear what Kate Black, co-author of “Represent The Woman's Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World” says are the most important things you need to know before you run for office, what you must know when you run and how to support someone who is, all right here in a tidy little package. And check out our in-depth conversation in the podcast feed right now. She shares what attributes a successful candidate has, the stories of several women who rose to office against all odds...
TOOLKIT w/Kate Black: How you can get more women in office
September 25, 2019 13:00 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBHear what Kate Black, co-author of “Represent The Woman's Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World” says are the most important things you need to know before you run for office, what you must know when you run and how to support someone who is, all right here in a tidy little package. And check out our in-depth conversation in the podcast feed right now. She shares what attributes a successful candidate has, the stories of several women who rose to office against all odds...
Season 10 Trailer: Rule Breakers and Action Takers
September 24, 2019 23:26 - 1 minute - 1.74 MBMeet the women taking charge and leading change on issues like putting more women in office, voting rights, reproductive rights, white supremacy and misogyny, and the climate crisis. And look for our shorter form “toolkit” episodes that break down the issues and offer targeted ways to make a difference. Join our Campaign for Action at bit.ly/inflectionpoint
Introducing: Work in Progress with Sophia Bush
September 18, 2019 13:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBI’m excited to share that a friend of the podcast, Sophia Bush, is launching her own show called “Work in Progress”. On the podcast, you’ll hear frank, funny, personal, professional, and sometimes even political conversations with people who inspire Sophia about how they’ve gotten to where they are, and where they think they’re still going. She's talked to people like Gloria Steinem, Chelsea Handler, Karamo Brown, Jay Shetty, Katie Couric, Whitney Cummings, Jon Favreau, Sen. Gillib...
The F*ck Mom Guilt World Tour LIVE! With Katherine Goldstein and Hana Baba
September 11, 2019 13:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBThe next generation of working mothers is not going to accept the status quo. Unpaid labor, the mental load, and harsh self-judgment could be a thing of the past. But only if we stop feeling guilty and start getting angry, says Katherine Goldstein, creator and host of The Double Shift podcast. We debated these issues and more with Hana Baba, of The Stoop podcast and KALW in this live audience taping from the Betabrand Podcast Theatre on the Bay Area Stop of the Fuck Mom Guilt World ...
The Reality of a World Post Roe V Wade - A Panel from The Bixby Center for Reproductive Health
August 28, 2019 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBIn the first half of 2019, State legislatures across the South, Midwest and the Plains enacted 58 abortion restrictions, 26 of which would ban some, most or all abortions--even before most people know they’re pregnant. On the brighter side, 93 new laws that expand reproductive healthcare were enacted, including 29 that expanded access to abortion, including NY, Vermont, Maine and Nevada. In the midst of this maelstrom, in June, 2019 I attended a panel put on The Bixby Center for Gl...