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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
rePROs Fight BackTaking the Pulse of PEPFAR
PEPFAR, or the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, started in 2003 and is the largest country-to-country bilateral investment in addressing any…
rePROs Fight BackAMA: Youth Movements, Sex Miseducation, and Creativity in Advocacy
Maintaining hope during this moment in reproductive health and rights, plenty of book-talk, and even a deep-dive into Jennie’s sex education in Catholic…
rePROs Fight Back5 Years On: The Taliban’s Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
Trigger warning: This episode references child marriage, maternal death, and suicide.August 15th marks the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover in…
rePROs Fight BackAttacks on Our Rights Are Attacks on Democracy
Reproductive rights, LGBTQI+ rights, and democracy cannot be discussed in isolation; fundamentally, they are all about who has the freedom to make choices for…
rePROs Fight BackUncertainty is a Given: Litigation Post-Roe
Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case which overturned Roe v. Wade was decided, there’s been an abortion access crisis, an assault on…
rePROs Fight BackThe Trans Sports Ban Cases Are Bigger Than Just Sports
The Supreme Court has heard two cases on transgender women and girl’s ability to participate in school sports after states have issued categorical bans on…
rePROs Fight BackBonus Pod: Hannah’s Abortion Story
This week’s special bonus pod features the abortion story of Hannah, a full-spectrum doula, an abortion doula, a childbirth educator, and a social worker. For…
rePROs Fight BackProposed Changes Would Dramatically Alter the Title X Program
The Title X Family Planning Program was created in 1970 to fund reproductive health and contraceptive services and remains the federal government’s only…
rePROs Fight BackPregnant People Deserve Safe Care; Doctors Deserve to Provide It
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that protects the right to emergency healthcare, including abortion. There has…
rePROs Fight BackThe Fight to Protect Medication Abortion and Telehealth Continues
The most recent numbers show that two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. are medication abortions, while 29 percent of all U.S. abortions were telehealth…
rePROs Fight BackBonus Pod: Moving the Needle with Art and Activism
Art and activism intersect! Shannon Downey, full-time art activist, author, and educator, sits down to talk with us about art and activism and her new activism…
rePROs Fight BackAnti-Abortion Violence and Disruption is on the Rise
Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Brittany Fonteno…
rePROs Fight BackExplaining This Moment of Pronatalism
Pronatalism is an ideology, cultural orientation, and emerging policy framework promoting higher birthrates by framing reproduction as a social duty or moral…
rePROs Fight BackGrace Howard on Her New Book: The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood
Telling pregnant people what to do and enforcing pregnancy criminalization has been a decades-long threat. Dr. Grace Howard sits down with us to discuss her…
rePROs Fight BackThe DOJ is Targeting Federal Prosecutors Who Enforced the FACE Act
The ability to control your body and when, how, and if you get pregnant and raise children is a fundamental freedom that should be recognized by the law. Skye…
rePROs Fight BackEveryone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: Abortion Storytellers Part 4
We repeat: your reason is the right reason.For this incredibly special part four of our storytellers podcast series, tune in to hear the abortion stories of…
rePROs Fight BackThe Fight for Nationwide Access to Medication Abortion
Need a breakdown of the recent ruling on nationwide mifepristone access at the Supreme Court? Imani Gandy, Executive Producer, Legal Content & Culture with…
rePROs Fight BackEveryone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: Abortion Storytellers Part 3
Your reason is the right reason.For this incredibly special part three of our storytellers podcast series, tune in to hear the abortion stories of Dr. Brendane…
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rePROs Fight BackAbortion, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, and What Else to Watch in Indiana
Indiana was the first state to sign, pass, and enforce an abortion ban after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which…
rePROs Fight BackCare and Coverage: The Importance of Doulas and Medicaid in the U.S.
Doulas, a non-medical birth professional, provide emotional, physical and social support and guidance through different aspects of sexual and reproductive…
rePROs Fight BackWho Gets to Define "Family" is Political
“Family values” brings up a very specific image rooted in the narrow idea of what a family is—such as a white, heterosexual marriage with children and a picket…
rePROs Fight BackViolent Rhetoric Against Women Turns into Policy
Across the spectrum, there are escalating attacks on women’s rights and freedoms, including attacks on the abortion pill, birth control, women’s suffrage, no…
rePROs Fight BackLaw in the U.S. Updates: Conversion Therapy, Birthright Citizenship, Pam Bondi is Gondi
A flurry of updates from the U.S. legal landscape have expanded recently; from cases examining birthright citizenship and conversion therapy to Pam Bondi’s…
rePROs Fight BackThe Voters Have Spoken: Protecting Reproductive Freedom Through Ballot Initiatives
After the Dobbs case (which overturned Roe v. Wade) was decided, several grassroots activists in various states appealed to the ballot constitutional amendment…
rePROs Fight BackThe Coordinated Attack Against Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S.
Comprehensive sex education can help young people navigate relationships, traverse sexual and reproductive decision-making, and learn more about their own…
rePROs Fight BackSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights on Community College Campuses
Approximately 10 million students per year are attending community colleges in the U.S., and many students are balancing multiple responsibilities while they…
rePROs Fight BackAmy Littlefield on Her New Book: Killers of Roe: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights
From an IRS agent who originally penned the Hyde Amendment to the lawmakers involved in creating parental consent laws, there are several actors in the…
rePROs Fight BackFertility Tracking Must Be Grounded in Evidence and Reproductive Justice
Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) are different approaches to tracking fertility and identifying which days someone is most likely to conceive if they…
rePROs Fight BackShocking In Its Cruelty: Looking Back at The First Year of Trump 2.0
It has now been one year of the second Trump administration, with many attacks to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice aligning entirely with…
rePROs Fight BackA Year of Harms: The Impact of US Foreign Aid Cuts on Women and Girls in Humanitarian Crises
A humanitarian crisis-- where life has been upset by natural disaster, conflict, or forced displacement-- can disproportionately impact women and girls. Women…
rePROs Fight BackAbortion Criminalization and ICE Are Barriers to Reproductive Justice for AAPI Immigrants
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community is made up of various ethnicities, languages, and translation needs, requiring different and…
rePROs Fight BackThe Global Gag Rule is Once Again Expanded, Maximizing Harm
The Global Gag Rule, started by President Ronald Regan in 1984, prevented foreign NGOs from receiving U.S. family planning assistance if they performed…
rePROs Fight BackAn Administration of Violence and Its Tools of Authoritarianism
It has officially been one year since the beginning of the second Trump term. Almost immediately, the administration dismantled global public health, including…
rePROs Fight BackOverlapping Attacks: Gender Equality, SRHR, and LGBTQI+ Rights After Trump’s First Year Back
We are approximately one year into Trump 2.0, where the administration has dismantled the systems we have worked to build. Civil rights offices have been…
rePROs Fight BackBecca Rea-Tucker on Her New Book: The Abortion Companion
If you're planning to have an abortion soon or you have had one in the past… if you’re feeling a strong emotion (or many of them) before or after receiving…
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America is facing a gender backlash—a backlash so swift and severe, it feels more like a whiplash. Right now, no group is more at risk than trans Americans. On…
rePROs Fight BackImmigrant Justice and Reproductive Justice: Raising Families with Safety and Dignity
In the U.S., a large proportion of immigrant communities remain unable to access healthcare. And even before the fall of Roe v. Wade, Latine people…
rePROs Fight BackSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Hero Origin Stories: Round 8
There’s still time in the year to hear from leaders and advocates in the sexual and reproductive health and rights field! On this episode of our most popular…
rePROs Fight BackFeminist Foreign Policy: Centering Dignity, Equity, and Justice Worldwide
Feminist foreign policy is a policy framework that challenges traditional understandings of foreign policy. It prioritizes peace, gender equality, human…
rePROs Fight BackRural Hospitals—and their Labor and Delivery Units—Face Rising Threats
Impending Medicaid cuts, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s defunding of Planned Parenthood, and the freezing of Title X funding have fueled clinic closures…
rePROs Fight BackSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Hero Origin Stories: Round 7
It’s that time of year again! Ready for a reprisal of our most popular series, SRHR Hero Origin Stories? If you haven’t already, check out our previous…
rePROs Fight BackReproductive Justice, Economic Security, and the Fight Ahead
No one’s health experiences exist in a vacuum. Individuals live multifaceted lives and often have multiple, intersecting health concerns. Our health influences…
rePROs Fight BackTexas’ New Law Takes Aim at Telehealth Medication Abortion Providers
Texas, long at the forefront of restrictive abortion policy in the U.S., has passed a new law (which goes into effect in early December) which would take state…
rePROs Fight BackShout It From the Rooftops: Thanks, Birth Control!
November 12, 2025, is #ThxBirthControl Day-- a day to celebrate the multiple methods of contraceptive care that allow people to live their fullest lives and…
rePROs Fight BackReimagining U.S. Foreign Assistance
The U.S. government used to be the largest donor in family planning assistance at $400 million a year. There has been an explicit loss of U.S. leadership and…
rePROs Fight BackRebecca Kelliher on Her New Book: Just Pills: The Extraordinary Story of a Revolution in Abortion Care
In Brazil in the 1990s, women discovered using misoprostol for safe, self-managed abortion. In 1980 in France, mifepristone was discovered and in 1988…
rePROs Fight BackPreying With Pseudoscience: Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ New, Dangerous Rhetoric
The term crisis pregnancy center (CPC) refers to anti-abortion facilities that mislead, confuse, delay, misinform, and purposefully re-direct pregnant people…
rePROs Fight BackThe Current Anti-Abortion Extremist Agenda
Anti-abortion extremists are hard at work attacking access through the courts, policy, clinic harassment, and more. Simultaneously, the Trump administration’s…
rePROs Fight BackThe Supreme Court Term is Here…And A Storm is Brewing
The beginning of the new Supreme Court term has officially begun, and a storm of possible bad outcomes is brewing. Jessica Mason Pieklo, Co-Chief Content…
rePROs Fight BackTemperature Check: What is the Status of Abortion Access in the U.S.?
Whether it’s communicated in polls or at the ballot box, access to abortion is extremely popular in the United States. Yet, our rights are being blatantly…
rePROs Fight BackAccess to Later Abortion Will Always be Needed
Abortion later in pregnancy is often misunderstood and heavily targeted through both policy and stigma. Erika Christensen, co-founder of Patient Forward and…
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rePROs Fight BackLet’s Talk About Period Pain
Starting in her teenage years, Kate Helen Downey’s menstrual cycle was extremely painful. In her adult life, she received an endometriosis diagnosis, which can…
rePROs Fight BackThe State Department is Cutting Out Human Rights Abuses from Annual Reports
The State Department’s Human Rights Reports were mandated by Congress in 1974 to ensure funding did not go toward torture, involuntary detention, and…
rePROs Fight BackThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Decimate Medicaid
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), President Trump’s Tax and Spend mega bill, recently passed Congress. It will strip billions of dollars from essential…
rePROs Fight BackThe Dangerous Concept of Fetal Personhood
Fetal personhood, in short, labels a pregnancy as a person. It is the idea that anything a person is legally entitled to, a fetus is, as well. Karen Thompson…
rePROs Fight BackStay Informed, Stay Autonomous
From recent court cases, to LGBTQI+ health and rights, to sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice, we have the perfect news source for you. Garnet…
rePROs Fight BackSaving FACE: What to Know About The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
Abortion clinics, their staff, and the patients seeking care often face instances of blockading, harassment, threats, and violence. This blockage of access to…
rePROs Fight BackThe Green Tide is Rising
The Green Wave Movement began in 2018 in Argentina, focused on anti-femicide but quickly evolving into a bodily autonomy and abortion movement. Protestors took…