Hi john,

Omg – it’s finally here. Election Day. Spooky season is over, but now we wait to see what real world horrors are about to be unleashed. We’re nauseous, nervous, excited, a little bit gassy, but we’re ready. There is nothing to do but sit and wait, so grab a drink and some comfy slippers, break down the latest abortion news, and then disassociate with us until all of the results are in!

Couldn’t We All Use a Buffer Between Us and Harassholes?
There are some things we should all be able to agree on, but apparently, “people deserve to access healthcare without harassment” isn’t one of them? Anti-abortion extremists are asking SCOTUS to give the death blow to protest-free zones outside of abortion clinics in both Illinois and New Jersey. Why, you ask? So that they can get close enough to patients to make eye contact while bothering them. Listen here, nerds – the only eye contact we give when strangers approach us in the wild is the beginning of a very exaggerated eye roll. That’s it.

The Department of Health Propaganda is More Like It, Amirite?
We are begging departments of health to STOP BULLSHITTING THE PUBLIC about their abortion laws and ballot initiatives! The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services issued a HEALTH ADVISORY to pretend that their bare minimum “exceptions” in the 12-week abortion ban are good enough. With Florida and Missouri officials following the same tired playbook, we want to reiterate one thing: WE KNOW Y’ALL ARE LYING. QUIT IT.

Girl Math But Uteri
If you have a uterus, you are likely all too familiar with the internal math that happens to avoid pregnancy, but especially in a post-Roe world. With the groundbreaking ability to buy birth control pills over the counter (WE SEE YOU O-PILL), a new Biden administration proposal would require insurance carriers to cover the costs of over-the-counter birth control methods! The downside? It would not cover those on state-controlled Medicaid, who are mostly low-income and in need of cost assistance. We appreciate the effort, but can we stop leaving out those who need the most support??

HOW YOU CAN FIGHT BACK!
Tomorrow is Day One to hold all of our newly elected officials accountable and spread the pro-abortion good word – find an event on our Activist Calendar below to get started!

Not feeling like you wanna dig around a calendar? Here are this week’s highlights!

SOMETHING TO DO RIGHT NOW 

Our petition to repeal The Comstock Act HAS OVER 47K signatures! Make yours one of them!!
ACAB: All Comstocks Are Bad! Join Abortion Access Front and our partners in calling on our elected officials to REPEAL THE COMSTOCK ACT, and guarantee that it can never be used to ban abortion nationwide! Click below to find all the different ways we have for you to help us put Comstock in the ground for good!

PS - Did you see the groundbreaking debate between Minnesota Senator Tina Smith and Anthony Comstock himself? Check out their verbal fisticuffs -- for mobile and desktop viewing -- then share with everyone you know!

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME DOPE EVENTS THIS WEEK

Reproductive Justice 101
So much of the abortion movement and work being done is based on the foundation of Reproductive Justice, and here is your opportunity to learn all about it! Join the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice to learn about who they are, get the RJ basics, and how to join the fight on Thursday, November 7th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm ET – registration link here!

Community is Everything!
We all just want to find our people, and the Chicago Abortion Fund is bringing together the post-abortion community*! Their November monthly community circle will be reflecting on what abortion access will look like post-election on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:30pm CST – registration link here!
*Note: This space is only for people who have had abortions – whether they had an abortion recently or decades ago. All gender identities are welcome.

'No One Asked You’ is now STREAMING AND YOU CAN FINALLY SEE IT!
BREAKING NEWS: ‘No One Asked You’, the Lizz Winstead & Abortion Access Front documentary all about AAF’s work for the last seven years, is now available everywhere in the world through the new platform JOLT.FILM!

From October 25th through December 29th, ‘No One Asked You’ is available to watch from home from anywhere in the world – click below to get started!

Now more than ever Abortion Access Front could use your support. If we made you smarter or helped you engage with fellow do-gooders, please consider dropping a few dollars in the coffers to help us keep the work going

Before we binge on so many pizza rolls that they would roughly equal the weight of a large toddler and glue our eyes to the results, we have to say one more thing: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, and South Dakota…Y’ALL GOT THIS. The work that abortion advocates have put into their ballot campaigns is nothing short of incredible, and we can’t wait to see your states turn out and turn up!

ABORTION FOREVER.

See you on the other side,
Xo Team Abortion AF