rePROs Fight Back
rePROs Fight Back, a multi-award winning podcast, does-dives into reproductive health, rights, and justice issues like abortion, birth control, sex education, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equity, and more. New episodes debut every Tuesday, giving you an insider’s perspective on what is happening and what you can do to fight back.
Episodes
274 episodes
Medina v. Planned Parenthood Is a Direct Attack to Reproductive Justice
T/W: Mention of sexual assault at 20:29Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic was a Supreme Court case this term that specifically targeted efforts to kick Planned Parenthood and other reproductive healthcare provide...
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Episode 272
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33:32
A Finished Term: Decided Supreme Court Cases Impacting LGBTQI+ and Repro Rights
From Skrmetti to Medina to Mahmoud, the Supreme Court has been busy issuing devastating rulings on cases that carry profound implications for LGBTQI+ health and rights and reproductive health and rights. Chris Geid...
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Episode 271
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1:00:40
Title X Health Centers Share the Impacts of Withheld Funds - Part 1
In April 2025, some organizations and health centers receiving Title X funding were given sudden notice by the current administration that critical funding would be withheld. This action by the federal government threatens roughly $65.8 million...
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Episode 270
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28:26
Carole Joffe and David Cohen on their book After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but not Abortion
Immediately after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade,shock, sadness, and anger were predominant. But even still, abortion providers, abortion fund ...
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Episode 269
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45:20
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We’re dropping in with an episode from Sex Ed with DB, a podcast all about inclusive, pleasure-focused sex ed. In this episode, host Danielle Bezalel sits down with Dr. Emily Nagoski — bestselling author of Come As You Are
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Episode 268
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50:55
Inside the Fight to Repeal Massachusetts’ Gestational Ban
2/3 of Massachusetts voters support expanding access to abortion later in pregnancy, according to recent polling. Massachusetts still has on the books a 24-week abortion ban, with additional exceptions later added. Jeanette Kincaid, Asso...
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Episode 267
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44:29
The One Big Beautiful Bill Threatens to Defund Planned Parenthood
The One Big Beautiful Bill is a reconciliation bill which passed the House and has moved on to the Senate. Included in this bill are provisions that would defund Planned Parenthood, threaten health insurance access, undermine access to abortion...
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Episode 266
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27:29
The Propaganda That Threatens the FDA’s Mifepristone Regulations
Mifepristone is the first (and extremely safe) in two medications that people will take during a medication abortion—and access to it is under blatant attack in the courts. Dr. Ushma Upadhyay, Public Health Scientist based at University ...
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Episode 265
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Dr. Shelley Sella on Her New Book: Beyond Limits
There are many reasons why someone may require a third-trimester abortion, including both fetal implications and maternal implications (such as health diagnoses and difficult life circumstances). Dr. Shelley Sella, retired OB-GYN, first ...
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Episode 264
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44:20
U.S. Aid Cuts and Their Global Impact on Reproductive Health and Rights
Global reproductive rights and investment in the agencies and organizations that support reproductive rights have often been used as a political football. The bodies of women, girls, and LGBTQI+ persons have been used to push and pull power for...
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Episode 263
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46:32
The Title X Network is in Crisis
Title X, under the Public Health Services Act, allows for a family planning and reproductive health-based pool of funding that government agencies and nonprofits can apply for and use to support patients. Providers who receive Title X funding s...
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Episode 262
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45:27
Watch Out for These SCOTUS Cases Threatening LGBTQI+ Health and Rights
T/W: Discussions of suicide in the last 1/3 of this conversationThe health, rights, and wellbeing of the LGBTQI+ community are under increasingly distressing strain, with a collection of new court cases only cementing the burden. Pres...
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Episode 261
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39:00
Bonus Pod: The Co-Hosts of Outlawed on Their Abortion Access Podcast
The majority of people in the U.S. support abortion, yet access has been decimated around the country. That kind of disparity deserves evidence-based, practiced commentary, and we can think of no better doctors to share their experiences than
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Episode 260
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35:06
Everything You Need to Know About Abortion Later in Pregnancy
After personal experience with severe pregnancy complications and requiring a later abortion among a labyrinth of state abortion bans, Erika Christensen and Garin Marschall co-founded Patient Forward, a national strategy and ...
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Episode 259
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51:56
Temperature Check: What are the Current SRHR Challenges and Wins in the U.S.?
There’s a grab bag of sexual and reproductive health news from around the U.S. From the wins to celebrate to the updates to keep an eye on, Garnet Henderson, investigative reporter specializing in sexual and reproductive health and disin...
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Episode 258
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34:26
What Are the On-The-Ground Impacts of the Cuts to Foreign Assistance?
Within hours of the new administration’s return-to-office, disorder took over. A foreign aid freeze, a stop-work order, and the dismantling of key foreign aid institutions commenced almost immediately. Gayatri Patel, Senior Fellow with r...
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Episode 257
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28:54
BMHW25 – Black Maternal Health, Medicaid Cuts, and Community-Based Care
April 11th- 17th officially marks Black Maternal Health Week—a week-long campaign centered on activism, awareness, and community-building for Black mamas and Black birthing people. Elizabeth Dawes, Director of Maternal and Reproductive H...
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Episode 256
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34:34
The SCOTUS Case Threatening Medicaid Recipient’s Ability to Choose Their SRH Provider
A new case with tremendous possible consequences for U.S. sexual and reproductive health and rights has made its way onto the Supreme Court docket. Medina v. Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic is a culmination of decades of anti-choi...
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Episode 255
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35:38
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This week, we’re bringing you a special feed drop from Rom Com Vom, a miniseries from Sex Ed with DB that unpacks beloved rom-coms, strips away their hidden toxic messag...
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rePROs’ 50-State Report Card: The Looming Storm and How the New Administration is Primed to Make the Human Rights Crisis Worse
rePROs Fight Back released its 13th annual 50-State Report Card on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. The United States, overall, received an ‘F’ grade, while 5 states received an ‘A’ and 25 states failed. Jennie Wetter, Director...
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Episode 254
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42:34
Checking in on EMTALA: The Status of Nationwide Emergency Abortion Access
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a landmark federal law that revolutionized the right to emergency healthcare and provides crucial protections for pregnant people. Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Deputy Director at t...
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Episode 253
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28:24
Proposed Cuts to Medicaid Could Mean Proposed Cuts to Sexual and Reproductive Health
Medicaid, the United States’ largest public health insurance program, currently insures over 72 million people with low incomes. Medicaid covers a host of health needs, including those related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Madelin...
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Episode 252
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35:51
Wendy Davis on the Abortion Landscape in Texas and Her Famous Filibuster
A complete lack of abortion access and a climate of fear amongst patients and providers has descended over Texas in the past few years. Wendy Davis, former Texas state senator and Senior Advisor for Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, sits d...
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Episode 251
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39:29
A Policy Agenda for Achieving Reproductive Justice
Reproductive justice is the human right to control our bodies, our sexuality, our gender, our work, and our reproduction. This right can only be achieved when everyone, especially those most marginalized, have the complete economic, socia...
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Episode 250
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37:40
The Trump Administration’s Dismantling of USAID
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which was previously the largest bilateral donor across the world, was created in 1961 to use the U.S.’s soft power to influence and assist other countries. It has since grown into...
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Episode 249
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