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R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
From the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion to the modern day struggle for intersectional reproductive freedom, religious voices have been at the forefront of fights that matter for generations. We’re here to amplify essential voices, tell stories that often go unheard, and lift up the holy and healing work of faithfully pro-choice activists like you.
Episodes
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeRage Runs Out: Sustainably Organizing for Reproductive Freedom
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams explore what motivates people to stay engaged in the struggle for reproductive health, rights, and justice…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeDeeply Rooted & Tightly Woven: Building Community with SACReD
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…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeAbortion Apathy: Sustaining the Movement After Issue 1
Faith Organizer Kelley Fox sits down with Kate, our Volunteer & Intake Coordinator with The Jubilee Fund, to explore Kate's story and get real about the…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice100 Episodes in Review: The Highs and Lows of the R-Soul Podcast
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…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeKnow Your History, Shape the Future: Reflections on Justice Making with Siobhan Boyd-Nelson
Faith Organizer Rev. Terry Williams welcomes special guest Siobhan Boyd-Nelson — Interim Executive Director with Equality Ohio — to talk about progress…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeSACReD Story: A Repro Heart-to-Heart with Rev. Lyndsey Poglitsch-Godwin
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams welcome special guest Rev. Lyndsey Poglitsch-Godwin (she/they), Program Operations Coordinator with the…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeIntended Consequences: The Post-Roe Predictability of Alabama’s IVF Fiasco
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…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeAll Things New: How Generational Differences in Culture & Conflict Impact Reproductive Freedom
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams dive deep into the generational gap, discussing ways in which age-based differences in social, political…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeWild Wonderful Ohio? Getting Used to Ohio as a Safer Regional Destination for Abortion Seekers
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…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeComing Down From the Mountaintop: Moving Sustainably Into 2024
Faith Organizer Kelley Fox is joined by Executive Director Elaina Ramsey as they reflect on the year ahead and the struggle to keep momentum after such a great…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeUnresolved: Why Giving Yourself a Break Might Make for Your Best Year Yet
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams discuss religion, abortion stigma, and why they don’t make New Year’s resolutions. While unpacking new year…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice2023 in Review: Year-End Double Feature (Part 2)
In this second part of a double episode, Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams cast hopeful eyes toward 2024, offering highlights of what we can…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice2023 in Review: Year-End Double Feature (Part 1)
In this first installment of a double episode, Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams review 2023 from a faith and repro perspective, recapping…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeAll in the Family: Holding Grace and Goodness During the Holidays
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams talk turkey in this latest episode, laying out best practices for engaging diverse group of friends and…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeEverybody Wants to Be Ohio: Celebrating the Issue 1 Win and Looking to the Future
We did it — together! Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams break down the monumental win that is the passage of Ohio’s reproductive freedom…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeDays of Desperation: Why Issue 1 Opponents Are Lying All the Way to November
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams check in less than two weeks before Election Day, giving listeners a rundown of where the pro-abortion…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeWe Are the Majority — How Pro-Choice Catholics and Other People of Faith Are Making Their Voices Heard
Faith Organizer Terry Williams welcomes special guest Nicole Morino — the Ohio Field Organizer for Catholics for Choice — to discuss the Faith & Repro Freedom…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeTelling Our Stories: Samantha’s Journey to Abortion Advocacy
Faith Organizer Kelley Fox sits down with our new Program Coordinator Samantha to discuss her work with Faith Choice Ohio, her experience as a Patients to…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeLabor that Pays: Why Labor Rights are Essential to Reproductive Freedom
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams keep the Labor Day vibes rolling in this latest episode by discussing wages, benefits, and the connection…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeSearching for Truth: How People of Faith are Confronting Anti-Abortion Misinformation in Ohio
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams address the latest foolishness of the Ohio Ballot Board, detailing how people of faith are organizing to…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeMajority Rules: Ohio’s August 8th Victory for Democracy and the Road Ahead
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams revel in the huge “Hell No!” defeat of Issue 1 with post-election analysis and issues-based insights about…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeFierce: The League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Nonpartisan Fight to Save Democracy
Faith Organizer Rev. Terry Williams welcomes special guest Jen Miller — executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio — for an in-depth discussion…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeA Democracy If You Can Keep It: Why Ohioans Should Vote NO in August
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams let it fly in this episode about Ohio’s special election in August, addressing everything from the…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeOne Year Since Dobbs: The Worst Part Is, Not Much Has Changed
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams reflect on a year of wildness since the catastrophic Dobbs decision that destroyed the federal law…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeNecessary Medical Care: Why We Need Abortion Access on the Ballot
Faith Organizer Terry Williams talks with Dr. Lauren Beene — executive director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights — about her whirlwind journey to…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeBuilding the Movement: Stepping Into Our Values in Faith and the Legal Field
Faith Organizer Kelley Fox is joined by If/When/How's Senior Movement Building Director Jeryl Hayes to discuss the important work of moving hearts and minds to…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeTo Tell the Truth: Legislative Lies & Grassroots Hope in the Buckeye State
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams pull back the curtain on a proposed August special election, outlining how some Ohio legislators are plotting to…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeThe Future We All Deserve: Abolition, Afrofuturism, and the Power of Speaking Goodness into Existence
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams explore the real future that reproductive justice values call us to create. Guided by Kelley’s latest work in…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeSustained by Sabbatical: How Time Away from Work Enriches the World
Faith Organizer Terry Williams interviews Faith Choice Ohio Executive Director Elaina Ramsey about her recent sabbatical and the spiritual foundation behind…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeSetting Back the Clock: How Mifepristone Bans, Daylight Savings Time, and Capitalist Healthcare Threaten Human Flourishing
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams address recent developments in mifepristone availability due to corporate posturing, connecting the unstable…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeRepro on the Ballot: How Ohioans Plan to Write Reproductive Freedom Into Law
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams explain what’s up with the abortion ballot initiative in Ohio, connecting the dots between reproductive freedom…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeMifepristone is a Gift from God: The Holy, Health-Changing Impact of Medication Abortion
In this latest episode, Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams discuss medication abortion from top to bottom, detailing why two little pills —…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeWe Take Care of Us: Mutual Aid & Community Care in Uncertain Times
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams take a long look at mutual aid and community care in light of the systemic uncertainty that is Ohio’s current…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice2023 and Epiphany: Reflecting on the Journey Through the Fall of Roe & Beyond
Faith Organizer Kelley Fox joins up with Executive Director Elaina Ramsey to discuss all that went into preparing faithful responses to the fall of Roe in 2022…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeResourcing the Movement: Great Books, Ideas, and Frameworks from 2022
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams close out the year with an episode jam-packed full of resources for all of our justice-minded listeners. With a…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeWhat a Year! Our Amazing 2022 in Review
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams put the whole year in perspective with a look back at all the exciting new work Faith Choice Ohio has been up to…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeLetting Go of Vengeance: How Restorative and Transformative Justice Can Change Your World
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams struggle with how the practice of restorative and transformative justice gets lived out in a flawed and…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeWe Want Us All To Win: Elections, Mutual Aid, and Other Ways to Create a Just Future
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams discuss the election aftermath and the calculus of fighting for justice through multiple strategies. Diving into…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeImportant, But Not Supreme: The Both/And Experience of Voting for a Liberated Future
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams talk about ballot boxes & values voters in this pre-election episode centered on faith, repro, and creating a…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeWe Need More than Roe: Why 1973 Legal Protections Are Way Too Little Way Too Late
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams explain why restoring the reproductive rights protections of Roe v. Wade is about as useful as reinstituting the…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeThe Space In-Between: Understanding Abortion Access in a Volatile Legal Landscape
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams work to make sense of abortion access in Ohio and the greater Midwest in this episode dedicated to accurate news…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeThe Whiplash Strategy: Anti-Abortion Zealots and Their Love Affair With Confusion
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams dive into the ever-evolving status of legal abortion in Ohio, discussing how confusion and constantly changing…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeThe Persistent Resistance: How to Stay in the Good Struggle for the Long Haul
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams talk about the role of self-preservation in the struggle for communal liberation, addressing self-care…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeLabor, Rest, & Renewal: Why Labor Justice Is a Repro Issue
In this episode, Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams address the Columbus teacher’s strike and discuss the intersections between a thriving labor…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeCreeping Criminalization: Ohio’s Six-Week Ban and Self-Managed Abortion Security
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of miscarriages and pregnancy loss. Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams address the particulars of…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeYou Aren’t Owed a Story: Media Voyeurism and Midwestern Abortion Criminalization
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault and violence against children. Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams tackle the…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeHidden in the Depths: Finding Focus & Light Amid the Darkest of Days
In this episode, Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams get cosmic, reflecting on the weeks since the fall of Roe in light of expansive new images from…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeRoe Has Fallen: Lamenting & Holding Onto Hope for Abortion Justice
Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams mark the fall of Roe v. Wade with lament, clarifying the current state of legal abortion rights in Ohio while…
R-Soul: Reclaiming the Soul of Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeThrough It All: Maintaining Focus & Making Progress in the Midst of a Chaotic World
In this episode, Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams speak a word of centeredness into the chaos, sharing how they keep moving forward amid the…