R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Faith Choice Ohio

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams are on location at the 2024 SACReD Gathering in New Orleans. A multireligious organization of faith-rooted reproductive freedom advocates, SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) builds connections across geographies and theologies to support abortion justice and reproductive justice.Listen is as Kelley and Terry talk about the Gathering and reflect on the need to build robust, interconnected relationships to advance collective liberation in the face of ongoing societal stigma and oppression.
Links to discussed content:
SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity): www.sacreddignity.org/
Why We Need Restorative & Transformative Justice: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/why-we-need-restorative-and-transformative-justice?rq=transformative%20justice
"What Is/Isn't Transformative Justice" by adrienne maree brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/2015/07/09/what-isisnt-transformative-justice/
Womanism Definition from In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: https://blackfeministcollective.com/2020/11/14/alice-walker-womanist-movement/
Dallas Congregation Supports People Seeking Abortions: www.uuworld.org/articles/dallas-cong-abortion
Faith Roots Reproductive Action (formerly known as New Mexico RCRC): www.faithrootsrepro.org/
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs: www.akpress.org/undrowned.html
Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown: www.akpress.org/emergent-strategy-e-book.html
Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizer Kelley Fox sits down with Kate Moralde, our Volunteer & Intake Coordinator with The Jubilee Fund, to explore Kate's story and get real about the ongoing struggle to keep Ohio moving forward after the passage of Issue 1. Kelley and Kate discuss the barriers to entry for social justice work, how often the burden of justice is placed on people of color, and how they keep going while balancing self-care amidst the constantly overwhelming political landscape.
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Links to discussed content:
OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership: www.opawl.org/ 
The Jubilee Fund: www.faithchoiceohio.org/jubileefund 
Volunteer with The Jubilee Fund: https://airtable.com/appPMprdtIZbOJ7go/shrWlvAuhpgAu5TUy 
SMA In Good Faith Training: https://www.faithchoiceohio.org/self-managed-abortion-in-good-faith-training 
Religion and Repro Training: https://www.faithchoiceohio.org/religion-and-repro-training
Ohio Passes Issue 1: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/07/ohio-voters-pass-issue-1-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-abortion-and-reproductive-rights/
Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams look back at nearly 4 years of hosting the R-Soul podcast! Listen in as they reflect on the joys of producing this faithfully pro-choice podcast, celebrate how it all began, marvel at all the guests they've interviewed, and share the lessons they've learned along the way.
Links to discussed content: 
Kelley's College Podcast (de/masc/ed): https://open.spotify.com/show/7yoVZMfA2HT4E38kS79Z7w?si=e209f9f3bee643e2
RTJ Training: www.faithchoiceohio.org/restorative-and-transformative-justice-training
Liver and Onions: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/liver-and-onions-and-abortions/
That Man Said WHAT?!: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/that-man-said-what/
One Man Was NEVER A Good Plan: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/one-man-is-never-a-good-plan/
Making Real Peace: The Struggle for Real Peace from Ohio to Palestine: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/making-real-peace-the-struggle-for-reproductive-freedom-from-ohio-to-palestine
All our podcast guests:
Kellie Copeland, Pro-Choice Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/one-man-is-never-a-good-plan/
Mason Hickman, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/sign-up-here-for-the-revolution/
Elaina Ramsey, Faith Choice Ohio
On Coups and Accountability: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/on-coups-and-accountability-why-we-stand-firm-against-white-christian-supremacy/
Take Your Time Off! : https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/take-your-time-off-self-care-and-breaking-from-toxic-american-work-culture/
2023 & Epiphany: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/2023-and-epiphany-reflecting-on-the-journey-through-the-fall-of-roe-beyond/
Sustained by Sabbatical: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/sustained-by-sabbatical-how-time-away-from-work-enriches-the-world/
Coming Down from the Mountaintop: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/coming-down-from-the-mountaintop-moving-sustainably-into-2024/

Alana Garrett-Ferguson, New Voices for Reproductive Justice https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/tell-it-like-it-is-casey-goodson-arthur-keith-and-the-power-of-story-to-fight-state-sanctioned-violence/
Gaby Garcia-Vera, Catholics for Choice: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/abortion-in-good-faith-the-pro-choice-catholic-revolution/
Kristin Hady, Capital Care Clinic Escorts: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/wap-what-amazing-protectors-clinic-escorting-and-the-fight-for-abortion-patient-safety/
Stephanie Craddock Sherwood, Women Have Options Ohio https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/fund-abortions-not-cops-the-fight-for-abolition-and-greater-abortion-access/
Blyth Barnow, Faith in Public Life: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/the-water-were-swimming-in-harm-reduction-abolition-reproductive-justice/
Dr. Sue Ellen Braunlin, Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/i-consent-the-importance-of-bodily-autonomy-at-every-age/
Dr. Yvonne Zimmerman, The Methodist Theological School of Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/safe-legal-and-free-the-importance-of-agency-for-survivors-of-human-trafficking-and-for-reproductive-freedom/
Catrina Otonoga, Preterm: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/faith-in-preterm-the-prayerfully-pro-choice-values-at-the-heart-of-ohio-s-largest-independent-abortion-clinic/
Rachel and Kathy, Patients to Advocates: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/celebrating-roe-part-1-abortion-patients-share-their-stories/
Kierre and Chrissy, Patients to Advocates: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/celebrating-roe-part-2-abortion-patients-share-their-stories/
Rev. Dr. Kyle Brooks, The Methodist Theological School of Ohio: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/deep-rooted-causes-how-racism-reactivity-keep-us-stuck-in-superficial-cycles/
Jeryl Hayes, If/When/How Lawyering for Reproductive Justice: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/building-the-movement-stepping-into-our-values-in-faith-and-the

Faith Organizer Rev. Terry Williams welcomes special guest Siobhan Boyd-Nelson — Interim Executive Director with Equality Ohio — to talk about progress, persistence, and perspective in Ohio’s intersectional fight for collective liberation. Focusing on the connections between LGBTQ+ advocacy and reproductive freedom, Siobhan and Terry offer a hope-filled vision for the future of Ohio, including practical steps you can take to stay grounded and energized in the work of change making in the days ahead.
Links to discussed content:

Equality Ohio: https://equalityohio.org/


"Our Whole Lives" Comprehensive Sexuality Education:  www.uua.org/re/owl


Movement Ecology & the Power of Intersectional Activism:  www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/10/13/access-abortion-activism


Ban on Gender Affirming Care & Ohio Trans Athletes (HB68): www.kycohio.org/hb68.html


HB68 Legal Challenge Moves Forward: www.aclu.org/press-releases/ohio-families-file-lawsuit-challenging-ban-on-gender-affirming-healthcare-for-transgender-youth

Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams welcome special guest Rev. Lyndsey Poglitsch-Godwin (she/they), Program Operations Coordinator with the Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity (SACReD) for a great discussion of how her organization is leading faith-rooted responses to modern repro freedom challenges.Raised in Ohio, Rev. Lyndsey details their journey toward repro activism and justice work, providing a front row seat to the wrestling that led them to become a committed advocate of reproductive justice frameworks. This podcast also features an overview of SACReD’s 2024 Gathering coming up May 7-9, 2024, in New Orleans. Register today to join Lyndsey, Kelley, and Terry at the Gathering!Links to discussed content:

SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity): www.sacreddignity.org/about/


SACReD Gathering (May 7-9, 2024): https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/n8zfbut/lp/98ea6b4a-f3e2-421a-ad31-87f638659211

Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion: www.npr.org/2017/05/19/529175737/50-years-ago-a-network-of-clergy-helped-women-seeking-abortion
Music by Korbin Jones

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams unpack the news of the day by drawing a clear line between the Alabama Supreme Court’s sweeping ruling on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the growing religious fanaticism that is guiding U.S. political agendas on reproductive health, rights, and justice.Digging in to the extremist religious rhetoric used by some members of the Alabama Supreme Court, Kelley and Terry tackle the harm that religious anti-abortion rhetoric is doing to patients’ rights and care across the nation, giving a grounded view of the past and a realistic (and still hopeful!) view of what is yet to come for people who desire reproductive freedom.
Links to discussed content: 
Text of the Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision:https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/4b56014daa6dda84/a039b1d9-full.pdf
Our Faith & Repro Trainings: www.faithchoiceohio.org/trainings
The Alabama IVF Ruling Weaponizes Faith to Harm Families:https://msmagazine.com/2024/02/26/alabama-ivf-fertility-religion-supreme-court-republicans-faith/
Political parties urge members to support IVF publicly:www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/politics/embryos-ivf-alabama-republican-memo.html
Overview of the ultra-religious concurring opinion of Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker:www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/24/alabama-chief-justice-tom-parker-ivf/
(Terry's Blog Post) "Fertile Ground: What Today's IVF Debate Means for the Future of Reproductive Freedom": www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/fertile-ground-what-todays-ivf-debate-means-for-the-future-of-reproductive-freedom
Music by Korbin Jones. Image composition of "Ivf" by DrKontogianniIVF via CC0 1.0