Posts tagged FACE Act
Talking Abortion and NOAY

No One Asked You is hitting the film festival circuit!

On February 9, San Francisco Indie Fest will screen No One Asked You at the Roxie Theatre

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NO ONE ASKED YOU!

On November 13, the documentary No One Asked You premiered at the DOC NYC Festival in New York, NY. The film followed Lizz Winstead, co-founder of the Daily Show and founder of Lady Part Justice League/Abortion Access Front over seven years to document her work in supporting abortion access for all…Along the way, she met lots of people doing work to keep abortion accessible and they are a part of this wonderful film. The Pink House Defenders, along with many other amazing folks, were featured in No One Asked You.

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We Need to Talk...

So often, clinic escorts don’t tell people that they volunteer to help people outside clinics that provide abortion care…

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FACE It

Yesterday a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ft. Myers Florida was blockaded. For those not familiar, Christian terrorists sit down in front of the clinic's door and block anyone trying to enter the facility. Technically this is a federal crime, a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act…

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Just Another Wednesday

On June 9th, a Wednesday morning, while escorting patients at Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO) in Jackson, Mississippi, we went live for a little bit on Tik Tok. Look for us over on Tik Tok - search for “Pinkhouse Defenders” or for Derenda’s personal account, “Engaging Defender.” We show what’s going on here…but in minute videos, and mostly funny moments :) BUT ANYWAY…

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OSA Blockade, Again

Friday, March 5th, a group of twelve Christian extremists, four of them children, led by Operation Save America (OSA) members, blocked the entrance to an abortion clinic in Mt. Juliet, TN for at least three hours hours. The local police, stood by for most of that time and made it clear they were not interested in arresting anyone, and only made arrests when the protesters refused to leave the building.

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The Ugly Truth

In November 2018, after seeing Amy McGrath in KY lose a race by 2-3 points thanks, in my opinion, to an 11th hour late-term abortion "baby killer" propaganda ad, I had to find out more. I read a few books and watched a few documentaries and sent a few emails.

That following March I returned to Mississippi 30+ years later to find out an ugly truth about our country, and about how we treat women and girls who didn't have the protections that our team, our parents, our sport gave us for most of our lives.

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Jesus' Ambassadors

On Thursday, August 27, ten anti-abortion religious zealots blocked the doors to the Northland Family Planning Clinic in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

On Saturday, August 29, just two days later, an anti-abortion Christian fanatic showed up at another clinic openly carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a handgun at another clinic outside Detroit in Westland, MI.

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