From the Sidewalk
See what happens on the clinic sidewalks…
and beyond…
It’s been a little over a year since the Dobbs ruling closed Jackson Women’s Health Organization aka “the Pink House.” We Engage was started by the Pink House clinic defenders in 2019 with the mission of assisting patients, encouraging responsible engagement against anti-abortion zealots wherever they are, and showing people what clinic patients must suffer getting abortion care in America.
Read MoreWell, it went fast y’all. Last week was the Operation Save America’s (OSA) National Event – and We Engage’s Whoa Man Summer Camp!
We Engage got out in Atlanta with our friends and made sure OSA knew we were there and let everyone else around know who they were and why they suck. And they DO suck…
Read MoreTomorrow, all the biggest anti-abortion ghouls, oops, groups, will be celebrating the first anniversary of the Dobbs decision at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Groups like LiveAction, Students for Life, the Alliance Defending Freedom – the foot soldiers of the patriarchy. Let that sink in…they are celebrating at the LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
Read MoreOnly a few days after the Operation Save America (OSA) event in South Carolina, the city of Wichita, Kansas was invaded by an anti-abortion group from Oklahoma called Free The States, aka Abolitionists Rising…
Read MoreLast week, Operation Save America (OSA), formerly Operation Rescue, held their annual Leadership Conference in Greenville SC. On the last day of the meeting, OSA followers and friends traveled to the state capital, Columbia, SC to have a rally in support of House Bill 3549, “South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act Of 2023.” And We Engage was there…
Read More2022 in review – looking back, looking forward.
Looking back…2022 was a lot y’all.
From beginning to end, in 2022, We Engage and the Pink House Defenders kept showing people what abortion access looks like in MS and elsewhere. We Engage kept educating, working to destigmatize abortion and fight for our rights to bodily autonomy through social media and street signs we messaged the facts.
Read MoreTell a friend! …We see y’all.
Read MoreLet’s talk about goals some more. We need to see what success looks like so we can learn and get there ourselves. Our neighbor to the north, Canada, is goals as far as abortion. Per the National Abortion Federation of Canada, “Canada currently has no law regarding abortion; it is treated like other medical procedures and regulated through provincial/territorial and professional bodies.”
Read MoreToday I changed my personal Facebook cover photo from a picture of the Pink House Defender team to a sunrise at my new place in California. I am just now beginning to get that I actually live in California now. And the sun is rising on a whole new world, in more ways than one.
Read MoreWe Engage is a SUPER small org. We would love to post more about our last days at Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Nashville and Jezebel Rebellion, along with all the other important things to know about abortion access and getting engaged in pushing back on those who are pushing us backwards. And we will. But, hell, who can even keep up these days.
We can’t. Here’s why.
Read MoreAs you can imagine it's a really tense time at the Pink House right now. For real, we are literally sitting here waiting for the axe to drop. Keeping our spirits up, let alone a smile on our faces, is no easy task these days, but y'all know that we do what we gotta do!
Read MoreREFLECTIONS ON THE PINK HOUSE AS THE SCOTUS CLOCK TICKS...
It is eerily quiet outside of the clinic now. The patients have all left as have the protesters. It is too quiet actually, it gave me too much time to think.
The clinic sits on top of a hill
Read MoreSo often, clinic escorts don’t tell people that they volunteer to help people outside clinics that provide abortion care…
Read MoreFull stop. No, for real - stop thinking there is a debate. There's no debate. Bodily autonomy is a human right. Abortion is an important part of autonomy and self-determination.
Read MoreYesterday 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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