Finding Your Advocacy Voice In Reproductive Justice
Mike Scheinberg is a Development Coordinator in an abortion clinic. His first introduction to reproductive justice was in conversation with his mom as a child discussing her donation to Planned Parenthood. He describes himself now as: Husband. Dad. Clinic Escort. Repro Justice Advocate. Recovering Jewish Professional. Sometimes podcaster & co-Rosh Shmira. Aspiring author.
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Show Notes:
1:35 Mike’s Intro- Development Coordinator for an abortion clinic
3:30 How Mike found himself interested in reproductive justice, leading to clinic escorting
7:18 “The whole notion of bodily autonomy, that’s what spoke to me”
9:03 “I knew that there were areas in the country that were very different than the DC area… in 2019 I decided I would take a trip and visit abortion clinics around the country”
11:13 “Everyday I am facilitating abortion access”
11:37 Provider support video
12:36 Our children are future providers and supporters
13:58 Mom and grandmother active in reproductive justice
15:19 “As a Jewish family we were raised… aware of injustice”
15:50 “Of course you’re gonna need the protestors but you’re gonna need the supporters”
17:20 Maximizing performance and the patient experience
18:06 “How are we gonna make sure that we are gonna be able to provide these services to people with uteruses?”
19:23 “I think that I wanted to be the hero… I had to learn that it wasn’t my job to be the hero”
20:06 “I had friends who were able to help me find what my privilege was”
20:44 “I’m in a movement run primarily by cis-gendered women… this isn’t where I’m going to be taking leadership… I am somebody who wants to make sure there is support”
22:40 “Is my privilege getting in the way of things and am I aware of it?”
23:13 When we use our hero identity as an armor for courage
All of our voices are important but we do have to be careful how we use them
27:00 “There’s more of a chance that somebody who might oppose the viewpoints, may listen to somebody of their own gender…”
If we’re doing it from a place of love there’s always a way to recover
32:59 @justthepill
37:17 “It’s important to realize that language does really matter”
