From the Sidewalk
See what happens on the clinic sidewalks…
and beyond…
2022 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 MoreWe are always talking about how well organized the anti-abortion movement is, but very few (yeah, we're looking at you Operation Save America) have the systems or procedures in place that Love Life has developed. Let's just say that they have their indoctrination plan down to an art.
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 MoreSo, since we are talking about California….here’s what I have found so far…
Now, California has issues like any other state, but as far as protecting our rights and freedoms, California is total goals.
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 MoreHi, y'all!
No, We Engage and the Pink House Defenders didn't jump ship and move to a deserted island though these days we kind of want to...
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 MoreEverything seems different at the Pink House these days. The clinic has always seen a lot of patients, but now many have to drive farther to get here….
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 MoreSo, you may be wondering…what is going on with We Engage and around the Pink House since the draft Supreme Court opinion on #Dobbs was leaked?
Y’all. We tired.
Read MoreTomorrow, Monday, April 18, PBS premieres the POV film "On the Divide." In the town of McAllen, Texas, an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center opens its doors only a few feet away from one of the last clinics in the region.
Read MoreIf you have heard about Lauren Handy and the FIVE fetuses found at their residence over the past couple of days, and the name sounds familiar, it’s because we posted about her last October when Handy was here at the Pink House with her “Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising” (PAAU) friends. PAAU came to grandstand outside the clinic and kick-off, yet ANOTHER LiveAction disinformation campaign and organization called “2363 dot org”.
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…
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