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Nov 2023
40m 23s

Abortion Rights Win State Elections with...

Danielle Bezalel, MPH: Sex Educator | Pleasure Expert | Rom-Com Critic
About this episode

What if your state and local elections could alter the course of reproductive rights and healthcare access? How can framing abortion protection as a winning campaign strategy shape the political landscape? Meet Jennifer Driver, Senior Director of Reproductive Rights at State Innovation Exchange (SIX). DB and Jennifer delve into the factors contributing to recent pro-choice victories and underscore the pivotal role of abortion in the forthcoming 2024 elections. Join us as we dissect the current political landscape of abortion and take a closer look at the influence of state politics on abortion rights!

  • (05:16) - State Governments and Abortion Access
  • (16:06) - State Elections and Legislative Advocacy Importance
  • (30:13) - Expanding Access to Reproductive Health

Find more from Jennifer Driver:

Jennifer Driver is the Senior Director of Reproductive Rights at the State Innovation Exchange or SiX and an award-winning reproductive health, rights, and justice policy and advocacy leader with nearly 15 years in the field. Her work centers on addressing systems that add burdens or barriers to accessing full reproductive health information and services— paying particular attention to communities of color, immigrants, system involved youth, and LGBTQ communities.

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Sex Ed with DB is a feminist podcast bringing you all the sex ed you never got through unique and entertaining storytelling, centering LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experts. We discuss topics such as birth control, pleasure, LGBTQ+ health and rights, abortion, consent, BDSM, sex and disability, HIV, sex in the media, and more. —— Sex Ed with DB, Season 9 Team:

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