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

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

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams dive deep into the generational gap, discussing ways in which age-based differences in social, political, and religious expression give rise to diverse responses to today’s reproductive rights challenges.
Exploring their own generational diversity, Kelley and Terry take listeners on a journey through the different ways they have each dealt with conflict in religious institutions, balancing care for self and desire for community transformation.
Links to discussed content:
2019 United Methodist Church Special General Conference on Human Sexuality: www.umc.org/en/content/what-happened-and-what-didnt-at-general-conference-2019#:~:text=The%20global%20United%20Methodist%20Church
What Happened at General Conference 2019: https://religionnews.com/2019/03/07/the-splainer-what-happened-at-the-united-methodist-general-conference
(Book Resource) Conflict Is Not Abuse: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/C/Conflict-Is-Not-Abuse
What It Means To Be Spiritual But Not Religious: www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/12/07/who-are-spiritual-but-not-religious-americans/
Millennials and Gen Z Defined: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/
Music by Korbin Jones. "Leaders at the Head of the Civil Rights March on Washington" by archivesfoundation and "BLM March to Deady Hall" by dsgetch via CC 2.0

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams take time to bask in the joy of last year's monumental win for abortion access and reproductive freedom in Ohio, detailing the current status of the newest amendment to the constitution and discussing the way forward to making the legal fully accessible in our state.While being real about the challenges that face abortion patients and abortion funds like The Jubilee Fund in the coming days, Kelley and Terry explain how the work of Faith Choice Ohio is making a real difference in the lives of abortion seekers and people who need to access health care in the heartland.
Links to discussed content:

The Nonprofit Industrial Complex Explained: https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-origins-of-the-nonprofit-industrial-complex/


The Revolution Will Not Be Funded (great text for understanding the NPIC): www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-will-not-be-funded


Abortion Access In Ohio Post-Issue 1 is Still Tenuous: www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/ohio-abortion-services-still-struggle-with-funding-as-anti-abortion-causes-get-more-from-state


The Jubilee Fund: Ohio's first faith-based abortion fund: https://www.faithchoiceohio.org/jubileefund

Faith Choice Ohio’s Abortion Care Package Program: https://www.faithchoiceohio.org/abortion-care-packages
Music by Korbin Jones